Indications:

• Effective alkalinizing agent
• Useful in those conditions where long-term maintenance of an alkaline urine is desirable, and is of value in the alleviation of chronic metabolic acidosis, such as results from chronic renal insufficiency or the syndrome of renal tubular acidosis, especially when the administration of potassium salts is undesirable or contraindicated
• Useful for buffering and neutralizing gastric hydrochloric acid quickly and effectively