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5% dextrose
Medication labelWhy this: Advisory · dailymed-animal
5% dextrose solution is indicated as a source of water and calories. It is used to decrease the excessive pressure of spinal brain fluid, also as sclerosing to treat varicose veins and decrease intracranial pressure
- generic_name
- 5% dextrose
- product_names
- 5% Dextrose
- ndc
- 72483-200, 72483-200-10, 72483-200-05, 72483-200-25, 72483-200-01
- group
- drugs
- license
- us-gov-pd
- attribution
- Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine
- reviewed
- 2026-09-18
- language
- en