Dopacef 40mg Injection

Heart failure | Low blood pressure

In Heart failure Heart failure means your heart is weak and cannot pump enough blood to your lungs and the rest of your body. The most common symptoms are breathlessness, tiredness, and swelling in your legs, ankles, abdomen and other parts of your body. Dopacef 40mg Injection makes it easier for your heart to pump blood around your body and is therefore an effective treatment for heart failure. This medicine will help relieve your symptoms, making you feel better and more energetic. You should make appropriate lifestyle changes (such as eating healthily and keeping active) to help this medicine be effective. Follow your doctor?s instructions carefully to get maximum benefit. In Low blood pressure Dopacef 40mg Injection is used to normalise decreased blood pressure (hypotension) which may occur all of a sudden during an operation, severe infection (sepsis) or due to an emergency condition (cardiac arrest). This medicine helps to bring back the blood pressure within normal range and therefore prevents any sudden fall or even serious complications that might have otherwise followed due to low blood pressure.

Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you're worried about them. ['Headache, Increased heart rate, Palpitations']

Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Kindly do not self administer.

Dopacef 40mg Injection is a sympathomimetic agonist. It works on the receptors in the kidney, gut, brain and heart thereby relaxing the blood vessels in these organs. This restores the poor blood supply and oxygen delivery to these organs. It also causes an increase in urine production in the kidneys and protects them from injury.

Alcohol

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR - It is not known whether it is safe to consume alcohol with Dopacef 40mg Injection. Please consult your doctor.

Pregnancy

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR - Dopacef 40mg Injection may be unsafe to use during pregnancy. Although there are limited studies in humans, animal studies have shown harmful effects on the developing baby. Your doctor will weigh the benefits and any potential risks before prescribing it to you. Please consult your doctor.

Breast feeding

SAFE IF PRESCRIBED - Dopacef 40mg Injection is probably safe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug does not represent any significant risk to the baby.

Driving

NOT RELEVANT - Not relevant, as Dopacef 40mg Injection is intended for use in hospitalised patients.

Kidney

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR - There is limited information available on the use of Dopacef 40mg Injection in patients with kidney disease. Please consult your doctor.

Liver

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR - There is limited information available on the use of Dopacef 40mg Injection in patients with liver disease. Please consult your doctor.

If you miss a dose of Dopacef 40mg Injection, please consult your doctor.

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