Precautions

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Only use good quality drinking water to prepare the solution.
Water of poor quality is to be boiled for 2 minutes and cooled before use.
Do not add sugar or sugar-containing liquids to the solution.
Always take the effervescent tablet in dissolved form.
Do not exceed the recommended dosage.
Consult your doctor in case of dehydration symptoms including excessive thirst (dry tongue and mouth)/ drowsiness or confusion/ tendency to faint/ very dry skin/ reduced urine production
Contact your doctor in case these symptoms occur in combination with fever and/or vomiting.
Contact your doctor in case the symptoms persist for more than 3 days (in infants/children for more than 1 day) or with regularly recurring symptoms.
An effervescent tablet contains 1.8 grams of glucose. Diabetics should take this into account.
People suffering from high blood pressure and/or cardiac disease should take into account that an effervescent tablet contains sodium.