Consumer Information for: DOPAMINE HCL 1.6MG/ML DEXTROSE 5% INJ USP
Consumer Information
Information about the product including what the product is used for, dosage, warnings, proper use and side effects. This summary will not tell you everything about the product. Contact your healthcare professional if you have any questions about the product.
What the medication is used for
Dopamine Hydrochloride and 5% Dextrose Injection, USP may be used to increase low blood pressure in people who have:
- experienced a heart attack;
- lost blood during an accident;
- a severe infection;
- kidney failure;
- problems after surgery.
Dopamine Hydrochloride and 5% Dextrose Injection, USP may be used in people with congestive heart failure to help the heart pump better.
What it does
Dopamine Hydrochloride and 5% Dextrose Injection, USP acts to increase the blood flow to the muscles and can increase the heart's pumping efficiency. Dopamine Hydrochloride and 5% Dextrose Injection, USP also increases blood flow to the kidneys.
When it should not be used
Dopamine Hydrochloride and 5% Dextrose Injection, USP should not be given to patients with:
- allergies to dopamine hydrochloride, dextrose or any nonmedicinal ingredient in the formulation or components of the VIAFLEX Plastic container;
- are sensitive to sulfites;
- adrenal gland tumour (pheochromocytoma);
- irregular heart beat (arrhythmia).
The solution contains dextrose and should not be used in patients with known allergy to corn or corn products.
What the medicinal ingredient is
Dopamine hydrochloride
What the non-medicinal ingredients are
Dextrose, Sodium bisulfite.
What dosage form it comes in
Solution for intravenous injection 800 μg/mL, 1600 μg/mL and 3200 μg/mL
Warnings and precautions
BEFORE you are given Dopamine Hydrochloride and 5% Dextrose Injection, USP talk to your doctor, nurse or pharmacist if you have:
- hardening of the blood vessels
- Raynaud's disease, where the fingers become white and very painful when cold
- diabetes
- frostbite
- high blood pressure
- been treated with monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors for depression
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