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Summary of Changes to Contraindications and Warnings

BOXED WARNING (New)

Dangerous Drug-Device Interaction

• Blood glucose measurement in patients receiving Extraneal (icodextrin) must be done with a glucose specific method (monitor and test strips).
• Blood glucose monitoring devices using glucose dehydrogenase pyrroloquinolinequinone (GDH PQQ-) or glucose-dye-oxidoreductase (GDO)-based methods must not be used in patients receiving Extraneal (icodextrin).

CONTRAINDICATIONS

• Extraneal (icodextrin) is contraindicated
  • ...in patients with maltose or isomaltose intolerance...
  • ...and in patients with pre-existing severe lactic acidosis

WARNINGS

• Dangerous drug- device interaction
  • Only use glucose-specific monitors and test strips to measure blood glucose levels in patients using Extraneal...
  • Use of GDH-POO or GDO-based glucose monitors and test strips has resulted in falsely elevated glucose reading...and has led patients or health care providers to withhold treatment of hypoglycemia or to administer insulin inappropriately.
  • Both of these situations have resulted in unrecognized hypoglycemia, which has led to loss of consciousness, coma, permanent neurological
    damage, and death...
• Not for intravenous injection.
• Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) is a known, rare complication of peritoneal dialysis therapy...
• If peritonitis occurs, the choice and dosage of antibiotics should be based upon the results...
• Patients with severe lactic acidosis should not be treated with lactate-based peritoneal dialysis solutions...
• When prescribing the solution to be used for an individúal patient, consideration should be given to the potential interaction between...

PRECAUTIONS
General

• Peritoneal Dialysis- Related
  • The following conditions may predispose to adverse reactions to peritoneal dialysis
    procedures...
  • Following use, the drained fluid should be inspected for the presence of fibrin or cloudiness, which may indicate the presence of peritonitis.
  • Overinfusion of peritoneal dialysis solution volume into the peritoneal cavity

Laboratory Tests

• In situations where there is -
  a normal serum potassium level or hypokalemia, addition of potassium chloride (up to a
  concentration of 4 mEqlL) to the solution may be necessary to prevent severe hypokalemia. This should be made under careful evaluation of serum and total body potassium, and only under the direction of a physician. Fluid, hematology, blood chemistry, electrolyte concentrations, and bicarbonate should be
  monitored periodically. If serum magnesium levels are low, magnesium supplements may beused.

ADVERSE REACTIONS

• Post-Marketing
  • Because these reactions are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not possible to estimate their frequency reliably or to establish a causal relationship to drug exposure.