Always consult your GP, pharmacist, or another qualified healthcare professional before making decisions about your medications
A common laboratory dilution is 2 mL of bacteriostatic water per 10mg vial, giving a 5 mg/mL solution
Schlager, S
Most common causes of the discolouration include: Medications amino-salicyclic acid derivatives mesalazine/paraaminosalycylic acid/sulfasalazine doxorubicin , hydroxocobalamin , ibuprofen, phenothiazines, phenolphthalein, propofol , rifampicin/rifampin Dietary ingestants beeturia , rhubarb, blackberries, food dyes Metabolic abnormalities porphyria , urate crystals Hydroxocobalamin Early features of cyanide poisoning include nausea, vomiting, headache, dyspnoea, tachypnoea, hypertension, tachycardia, collapse and seizures
Label each vial with the reconstitution date so the 28-day limit is always visible
McIlwain, H., Stanley, D