One product sold as a rehydration solution contains no sodium
A rehydration solution works by pairing sodium with glucose. This US-listed sachet declares neither: its active ingredients are potassium, magnesium and zinc.
What the study found
Sold as an oral rehydration solution, with no sodium in it
A rehydration solution works by pairing sodium with glucose, and this US-listed product declares neither. Its active ingredients are potassium, magnesium and zinc, and its label promises one sachet gives hydration equal to three bottles of water. It is filed as an unapproved drug.
The caveat · One product, not the whole category
A label proves what a company was permitted to print, not that anything printed on it is true, and being listed on the US drug label database is not approval. This is one product, so it shows such a thing exists and is listed rather than that the category behaves this way. Its marketing text, including the three-bottles promise, sits inside the section reserved for safe-handling warnings, while the sections for indications, purpose, active ingredient and precautions are all empty.
What we don't know
A label proves what a company was permitted to print, not that anything printed on it is true, and being listed on the US drug label database is not approval. This is one product, so it shows such a thing exists and is listed rather than that the category behaves this way. Its marketing text, including the three-bottles promise, sits inside the section reserved for safe-handling warnings, while the sections for indications, purpose, active ingredient and precautions are all empty.