Medicinsk Oxygen Yara Praxair
Package leaflet: Information for the user
Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair 100 %, medicinal gas, compressed
Oxygen 100 % (O2)
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start using this medicine because it contains important information for you.
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Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
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If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or nurse.
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This medicinal product has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours.
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If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet.
What is in this leaflet
1. What Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you use Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair
3. How to use Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair
4. Possible side effects
How to store Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair
6. Contents of the pack and other information
What Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair is and what it is used for
Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair contains oxygen for inhalation. It is colourless, odourless and tasteless and is kept in gas cylinders fitted with a pressure regulator for reducing the pressure of the gas. The gas cylinder contains pure oxygen (compressed gas).
Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair increases the oxygen content of the blood (increased oxygen saturation). Medicinal oxygen causes the transportation of more oxygen to all tissues in the body.
Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair is used
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to treat or to prevent acute or chronic oxygen deficit.
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as propellant for the inhalation of other medicines (nebuliser treatment).
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as part of the fresh gas flow in anaesthesia, pain relief and intensive care.
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in hyperbaric chamber to reduce the risk of injury caused by decompression sickness, gas- or air bubbles in the circulation and severe carbon monoxide poisoning, and in gangrene.
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for treatment of acute attack of Cluster headache.
What you need to know before you use Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair
If Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair is prescribed to you personally, you should inform your doctor if:
you have a chronic lung disease, for example asthma or COPD.
Other medicines and Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair
If you are using other medicines causing possible side effects in the lungs, such as bleomycin (used in cancer), oxygen treatment at the same time may worsen the side effects of these medicines.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair can be used during pregnancy.
Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair can be used during breast-feeding.
How to use Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair
If Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair is prescribed to you personally, you should not change the dose without first consulting your doctor.
Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair is to be used by inhalation. Normal dose for treating or preventing acute oxygen deficit in adults is 3 – 4 litres per minute using a nasal canula, or 5 – 15 litres per minute using a mask. For dosage in other conditions consult your doctor.
Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair is usually inspired trough a nasal canula or a mask. You breathe yourself – “spontaneous inhalation”, or you get help to breathe from a respirator/ventilator.
Carefully read the directions for use/the patient instruction for the oxygen delivery system you use!
If you use more Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair than you should
In vulnerable situations excess medicinal oxygen can adversely affect the respiratory function and in exceptional cases give rise to carbon dioxide narcosis/unconsciousness.
Long term use of an excess of medicinal oxygen can cause pain, dry cough and even breathlessness.
If these indications of overdosing medicinal oxygen occur always contact a doctor, hospital or the National Poisonning center (phone [to be completed nationally]).
Safety precautions
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Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair is for medical use only.
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If the batch label is missing or is illegible, please do not use the cylinder but return it to Yara Praxair AS.
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Couple the bottle to connections intended for medicinal oxygen only.
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Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair (cylinders and bottles) shall be used in well ventilated rooms only.
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The vessel shall not be exposed to strong heat.
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Smoking and open fire must not occur in rooms where medicinal oxygen is used, since this will increase the risk of fire.
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Do not use a toaster, hair dryer or similar electrical apparatus during therapy with Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair.
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Do not put an oxygen mask or nasal canula directly on textiles during treatment – textiles being oxygen saturated can be very liable to catch fire/inflammable. If this yet should happen shake and air such textiles properly.
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Close the equipment when it is not in use.
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In case of fire – close the equipment.
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The vessels shall be moved to a safe place if at risk of fire.
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Never use grease, oil etc. for lubricating screw threads that jam. These might cause a risk for spontaneous ignition with Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair at high pressure.
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Handle with care. Ensure that the vessel is not dropped or exposed to knocks.
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Keep the vessel clean and dry.
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Store and transport with valves closed and, where used, with the protective cap and cover in place.
4. Possible side effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
If you get any side effects , talk to your doctor or nurse. This includes any side effects not listed in this leaflet.
Treatment outside hospital care
Medicinal oxygen therapy with nasal canula might, because the gas is dry, give rise to dry mucous membranes in the nose and mouth.
Also read the section “If you use more Medicinal oxygen than you should”
Treatment in hospital care
Adverse effects are usually seen with high concentrations (more than 70 %) and after long term therapy (at least 6 – 12 hours).
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Collapsed pulmonary alveoli
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Respiration related pain and dry cough, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Very rarely the following side effects might occur
Anemia, effects on the lungs, heart, kidneys and liver.
In the newborn
Damage to the retina, which might lead to impaired vision, has been regarded as a consequence of therapy with oxygen at concentrations above 40 %.
Side effects from treatment in hyperbaric chamber (hyperbaric oxygen therapy)
Rupture of the eardrum, sinus pain, reversible muscle pain and effects on the central nervous system ranging from nausea, dizziness, anxiety, confusion and muscle twitching, to unconsciousness and epileptic seizures. Effects on the central nervous system can result from treatment in hyperbaric chamber with more than 2 atmospheres for more than a couple of hours. At higher pressures, symptoms may occur earlier.
5. How to store Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair
Keep this medicine out of sight and reach of children.
Do not store above 45 oC.
Keep the vessel in a well ventilated place where it is not exposed to strong heat.
Keep the vessel clean and dry.
Ensure that the vessel is not dropped or exposed to knocks.
Store separately from combustible material.
Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the label attached to the gas cylinder.
6. Contents of the pack and other information
What Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair contains
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The active substance is oxygen 100 % compressed gas (chemical term: O2)
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Medicinal oxygen does not contain other ingredients.
What Medicinal oxygen Yara Praxair looks like and contents of the pack
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Cylinder sizes in litres |
1 |
1.1 |
2 |
2.5 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
10 |
20 |
50 |
9 x 50 |
12 x 50 |
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Content, gas in litres |
200 |
220 |
400 |
500 |
600 |
800 |
1000 |
2000 |
4000 |
10 000 |
90 000 |
120 000 |
Not all pack sizes may be marketed.
Marketing Authorisation Holder
Praxair Scandinavia Holding AS
P.O. Box 23, Haugenstua
N-0915 Oslo
Norway
Manufacturers
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YARA Praxair AS P.O. Box 23, Haugenstua N-0915 Oslo Norway |
YARA Praxair A/S Røde Banke 120 DK-7000 Fredericia Denmark |
This leaflet was revised in 19 August 2016.
Detailed information on this medicine is available on the web site of [to be completed nationally].
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