About Opload
Why MediDrink Opload?
Recent research has shown that drinking a fibre-free, carbohydrate-rich liquid the night before and the morning of surgery is preferable to complete starvation before surgery, as it helps maintain a good metabolism and thus promotes faster recovery.
How to use?
MediDrink OpLoad is a ready-to-drink beverage.
Shake well before use. Best served chilled.
Drink it in 5 minutes!
2 packs of Opload (400 ml) the night before surgery and 1 pack of Opload (200 ml) the morning of surgery.
Important warnings:
Since at least 2 hours should elapse between the morning dose and the operation, consult your anaesthetist until when you are allowed to drink MediDrink OpLoad.
MediDrink OpLoad is a nutritionally incomplete, clear, carbohydrate-rich (100 energy%) ready-to-drink liquid sip feed.
Flavours: Lemonade
Energy distribution:
- Protein: 0%
- Carbohydrates: 100%
- Fat: 0%
- Fiber: 0%
Recommended allowance for adults: 2 packs 12 hours before surgery, and an additional pack 2 hours before surgery. Do not consume within 2 hours prior to surgery. Use with caution in patients with insulin resistance or diabetes and in children aged 3-6 years.
Storage: Should be stored between 2 and 28 °C. Once opened, store in refrigerator and discard unused content after 6 hours.
For enteral use only. Must be used under medical supervision. Not for patients with delayed gastric emptying. Not suitable for children under 3 years and patients with galactosemia or hereditary fructose intolerance (fructosemia). Use with caution in patients with insulin resistance or diabetes, and in children aged 3-6 years.
| UNIT | Per 100 ml | pack= 200ml | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Value | kJ | 418 | 836 |
| kcal | 100 | 200 | |
| Fat | g | 0 | 0 |
| – Saturated | g | 0 | 0 |
| – Monounsaturated | g | 0 | 0 |
| – Polyunsaturated | g | 0 | 0 |
| Carbohydrate | g | 25.0 | 50 |
| – Sugars | g | 11.4 | 22.8 |
| Dietary Fibre | g | 0 | 0 |
| Protein (equivalent) | g | 0 | 0 |
| Salt equivalent content | g | 0 | 0 |
| Trace elements | |||
| Zinc | mg | 5.0 | 10.0 |
| Vitamins | |||
| Vitamin C | mg | 20.0 | 40.0 |
Lemonade flavour: water, maltodextrin, isomaltulose, sucrose, flavour (citrus-lemonade), citric acid (E330), L-ascorbic acid- (E300), zinc gluconate, colour (beta-carotene).
MediDrink OpLoad is a food for special medical purposes for the preoperative dietary management of surgery patients.
In surgery patients, 66.7% of non-diabetic patients experience hyperglycemia after surgery, and this hyperglycemia is associated with infectious and noninfectious complications and mortality and is independently associated with septic complications.
Preoperative fasting from midnight is unnecessary in most patients. Oral preoperative carbohydrate treatment (instead of overnight fasting) the night before and 2 hours before surgery should be administered to surgery patients. Drinking carbohydrate-rich fluids before elective surgery improves subjective well-being, reduces thirst and hunger and reduces postoperative insulin resistance.
It is safe for patients (including diabetics) to drink carbohydrate-rich drinks up to 2 hours prior to elective surgery.
MediDrink OpLoad is a clear, carbohydrate-rich fluid intended for preoperative carbohydrate loading to decrease the risk of postoperative insulin resistance and subsequent postoperative complications, to attenuate postoperative muscle mass depletion, and to improve patients’ well-being.
MediDrink OpLoad is gluten- and lactose-free.
References
Kiran et al. Ann Surg 2013;258:599-605.
Weimann et al. Clin Nutr 2021;40:4745-4761.
Smith et al. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2011;28:556-69.
Wang et al. Br J Surg 2010;97:317-27.
Yuill et al. Clin Nutr 2005;24:32-7.
Gustafsson et al. Acta Anaesthesion Scand 2008;52:946-51.
