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Details About Generic Salt :: Mephentermine
Main Medicine Class:: Cardiovascular System Sub Medicine Class :: Drugs for Cardiac Failure , Shock
| 4A. DRUGS FOR CARDIAC FAILURE & SHOCK in 4. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM |
| MEPHENTERMINE |
| SYMPATHOMIMETIC | INOTROPIC |
| PK: M: Hepatic E: Urine |
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Indications & Dose: HYPOTENSIVE STATES AND HYPOTENSIVE SECONDARY TO SPINAL ANAESTHESIA IV Adult up to 45mg | IM Adult 15-30mg |
| Contra: Pheochromocytoma
Precautions: Hyperthyroidism, DM, elderly, CVD, occlusive vascular disease ADR: Serious: Palpitations, tachycardia, arrhythmias, Others: hyperglycemia, anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, confusion, irritability, headache, dyspnoea, lactic acidosis, hypoxia DDI: Serious MAOIs causes fatal hypertensive crisis |