INDICATIONS AND ADVANTAGES Tricitrates oral solution is an effective alkalinizing agent useful in those conditions where long-term maintenance of an alkaline urine is desirable, such as in patients with uric acid and cystine calculi of the urinary tract.

In addition, it is a valuable adjuvant when administered with uricosuric agents in gout therapy, since urates tend to crystallize out of an acid urine.

It is also effective in correcting the acidosis of certain renal tubular disorders.

This product is highly concentrated, and when administered after meals and before bedtime, allows one to maintain an alkaline urine pH around the clock, usually without the necessity of a 2 A.M.

dose.

This product alkalinizes the urine without producing a systemic alkalosis in recommended dosage.

It is highly palatable, pleasant tasting, and tolerable, even when administered for long periods.

Potassium citrate and sodium citrate do not neutralize the gastric juice or disturb digestion.

ADVERSE REACTIONS Tricitrates oral solution is generally well tolerated without any unpleasant side effects when given in recommended doses to patients with normal renal function and urinary output.

However, as with any alkalinizing agent, caution must be used in certain patients with abnormal renal mechanisms to avoid development of hyperkalemia or alkalosis, especially in the presence of hypocalcemia.

Potassium intoxication causes listlessness, weakness, mental confusion, and tingling of extremities.