# PD fluid any thing new

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**Created:** [January 31, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/pd-fluid-any-thing-new/9706 "2025-01-31T02:57:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daron](https://forumcdn.homedialysis.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Daron](https://forums.homedialysis.org/u/Daron)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/pd-fluid-any-thing-new/9706/1 "2025-01-31T02:57:44Z")

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Hello I’ve been on the PD machine for a year now and have always been curious weather there has been any advances on the dialysis fluid we are using because what I’ve noticed this is quite an old procedure

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**Author:** ![Beth\_Witten\_MSW](https://forumcdn.homedialysis.org/user_avatar/forums.homedialysis.org/beth_witten_msw/32/541_2.png) [@Beth\_Witten\_MSW](https://forums.homedialysis.org/u/Beth_Witten_MSW)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/pd-fluid-any-thing-new/9706/2 "2025-02-06T15:32:25Z")

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Standard PD dialysate is dextrose-based. There’s a glucose polymer solution called icodextrin (Extraneal) that some patients in the U.S. use, but more people in other countries use it. Here’s an article that describes the different PD solutions.

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