.Pharmacolibrary.Drugs.ATC.B.B05XA13 .Pharmacolibrary.Drugs.ATC.B.B05XA13| name: | HydrochloricAcid |
| ATC code: | B05XA13 | route: | intravenous |
| n-compartments | 1 |
Hydrochloric acid is a strong inorganic acid that is naturally present in the gastric juice of the human stomach, aiding in digestion and maintaining the acidic pH. As a drug, its main use is as a component in intravenous nutritional solutions to adjust pH or to treat severe metabolic alkalosis. It is not commonly used as a stand-alone therapeutic agent and is not an approved drug for most pharmacological indications in modern practice.
No pharmacokinetic studies in human subjects describing absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion have been published because hydrochloric acid is a naturally present and rapidly neutralized/ionized substance in body fluids. Parameters below are not reported in primary literature.
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