Adrenaline Hydrotartrate

Adrenaline hydrotartrate

Pharm-Group: Agents that stimulate alpha and beta adrenergic receptors

International name: Epinephrine

Synonyms: Adrenaline, Synthetic adrenaline, Adrenaline hydrotartrate, Adrenaline hydrochloride

Composition: Active substance - Epinephrine.

Indications for use: Anaphylactic shock, bronchospastic syndrome, hypoglycemia due to insulin overdose, open-angle glaucoma.

Contraindications: Arterial hypertension, widespread atherosclerosis, thyrotoxicosis, diabetes mellitus, angle-closure glaucoma, pregnancy. Adrenaline should not be used during anesthesia with fluorotane or cyclopropane (due to the development of arrhythmias).

Side effects: Increased blood pressure, cardiac arrhythmias, ventricular fibrillation, anxiety, tremor of skeletal muscles, angina pectoris, tachycardia, headache, nausea.

Interaction: Enhances the effect of aminophylline and drugs that increase thyroid function.

Overdose: No information.

Special instructions: For the prevention of arrhythmias against the background of epinephrine, beta-blockers are indicated.

Literature: Encyclopedia of Medicines, 2004.