Sodium calcium edetate

Sodium calcium edetate (sodium calcium EDTA), also known as edetate calcium disodium among other names, is a medication primarily used to treat lead poisoning,[1] including both short-term and long-term lead poisoning.[2] Sodium calcium edetate came into medical use in the United States in 1953.[2]

Sodium calcium edetate
Clinical data
Trade namesCalcium disodium versenate, others
Other namesedetate calcium disodium, sodium calcium edetate
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
Pregnancy
category
  • US: B (No risk in non-human studies)
    Routes of
    administration
    IV, IM
    Drug classchelating agent
    ATC code
    Identifiers
    CAS Number
    PubChem CID
    DrugBank
    ChemSpider
    UNII
    E numberE385 (antioxidants, ...)
    CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
    ECHA InfoCard100.000.482
    Chemical and physical data
    FormulaC10H12CaN2Na2O8
    Molar mass374.270 g·mol−1
    3D model (JSmol)

    Chelation agent

    Sodium calcium edetate is in the chelating agent family of medication.[2] It is a salt of edetate with two sodium and one calcium atoms.[3] It works by binding to a number of heavy metals, which renders them almost inert and allows them to leave the body in the urine.[2]

    Edetate disodium is a different formulation which does not have the same effects.[2]

    Medical use

    Sodium calcium edetate's primarily use is to treat lead poisoning,[1] for which it is an alternative to succimer.[2] It is given by slow injection into a vein or into a muscle.[1]

    For lead encephalopathy sodium calcium edetate is typically used together with dimercaprol.[2] It may also be used to treat plutonium poisoning.[4] It does not appear to be useful for poisoning by tetra-ethyl lead.[2]

    Side effects

    Common side effects include pain at the site of injection.[2] Other side effects may include kidney problems, diarrhea, fever, muscle pains, and low blood pressure.[1] Benefits when needed in pregnancy are likely greater than the risks.[2]

    History

    Sodium calcium edetate came into medical use in the United States in 1953.[2] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.[5] As of 2015 in the United States, a course of treatment costs US$50 to US$100.[6]

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    References

    1. Stuart MC, Kouimtzi M, Hill SR, eds. (2009). WHO Model Formulary 2008. World Health Organization. pp. 59, 62, 65. hdl:10665/44053. ISBN 9789241547659.
    2. "Edetate Calcium Disodium". The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
    3. Kasture, A.V., Dr. (2008). Pharmaceutical Chemistry. I. Pragati Books Pvt. Ltd. p. 16.11. ISBN 9788185790121. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017.
    4. Flanagan, Robert; Jones, Alison; Maynard, Robert L. (2003). Antidotes: Principles and Clinical Applications. CRC Press. p. 47. ISBN 9780203485071. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017.
    5. World Health Organization model list of essential medicines: 21st list 2019. Geneva,CH: World Health Organization. 2019. hdl:10665/325771. WHO/MVP/EMP/IAU/2019.06. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
    6. Hamilton, Richart (2015). Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia 2015 (annual) (Deluxe Lab-Coat ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. p. 471. ISBN 9781284057560.
    • "Sodium calcium edetate". U.S. National Library of Medicine. Drug Information Portal. U.S. National Institutes of Health.
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