Manufacturers

Abbott

Salt Composition

Dobutamine (250mg)

Medicine Type

drugs

Introduction

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. Dobutrex 250mg Injection makes it easier for your heart to pump blood around your body and is therefore an effective treatment for heart failure.u003cbr>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.

Benefits

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

Description

Dobutrex 250mg Injection is a medicine used for short-term treatment of cardiac decompensation (low blood pressure due to poorly functioning heart) due to disease like heart failure, cardiogenic shock, or heart attack. It increases the blood pressure by increasing the pumping capacity of the heart.Dobutrex 250mg Injection is also used while performing stress echocardiography evaluation of the heart. It is administered under the supervision of a doctor as it requires continuous blood pressure monitoring. The dose has to be individually adjusted as per the patient's response to therapy. You should continue all your other medicines that are advised by the doctor for your long-term treatment even after this injection. Your doctor may advise for regular monitoring of blood pressure.It may cause side effects like high blood pressure and insomnia (difficulty in sleeping). You must inform the doctor if you are suffering from any liver or kidney disease. Also, let your doctor know about all the other medications that you are using regularly.

How To Use

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

Safety Advise

- Alcohol : CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR

It is not known whether it is safe to consume alcohol with Dobutrex 250mg Injection. Please consult your doctor. | - Pregnancy : SAFE IF PRESCRIBED

Dobutrex 250mg Injection is generally considered safe to use during pregnancy. Animal studies have shown low or no adverse effects to the developing baby; however, there are limited human studies. | - Breast feeding : SAFE IF PRESCRIBED

Dobutrex 250mg 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 : UNSAFE

Dobutrex 250mg Injection may cause side effects which could affect your ability to drive. | - Kidney : SAFE IF PRESCRIBED

Dobutrex 250mg Injection is probably safe to use in patients with kidney disease. Limited data available suggests that dose adjustment of Dobutrex 250mg Injection may not be needed in these patients. Please consult your doctor. | - Liver : CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR

There is limited information available on the use of Dobutrex 250mg Injection in patients with liver disease. Please consult your doctor.

If Miss

If you miss a dose of Dobutrex 250mg Injection, please consult your doctor.\n

Packaging Detail

vial of 50 ml Injection

Package

Vial

Qty

50 ml

Product Form

Injection

Prescription Required

Prescription Required

Fact Box

Chemical Class :: Catecholamine Derivative|Habit Forming :: No|Therapeutic Class :: CARDIAC|Action Class :: Sympathomimetics agonist-Inotropes

Primary Use

Heart failure|Low blood pressure

Storage

Store below 30°C

Use Of

Heart failure|Low blood pressure

Common Side Effect

High blood pressure | Insomnia (difficulty in sleeping)

Alcoholinteraction

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR

Pregnancyinteraction

SAFE IF PRESCRIBED

Lactationinteraction

SAFE IF PRESCRIBED

Drivinginteraction

UNSAFE

Kidneyinteraction

SAFE IF PRESCRIBED

Liverinteraction

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR

Manufacturer Address

16th Floor, Godrej BKC, Plot – C, “G” Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai – 400 051, India

How It Works

Dobutrex 250mg Injection is a sympathomimetic agonist. It works by activating the receptors in the heart. This makes the heart pump blood with more strength and force and increases its pumping capacity in conditions such as heart failure.

Marketer Details

Abbott | 16th Floor, Godrej BKC, Plot – C, “G” Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai – 400 051, India

Reference

Maron BA, Rocco TP. Pharmacotherapy of Congestive Heart Failure. In: Brunton LL, Chabner BA, Knollmann BC, editors. Goodman & Gilman’s: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. 12th ed. New York, New York: McGraw-Hill Medical; 2011. pp. 804-805. | Katzung BG, Parmley WW. Drugs Used in Heart Failure. In: Katzung BG, Masters SB, Trevor AJ, editors. Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. 11th ed. New Delhi, India: Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited; 2009. pp. 216-217. | Briggs GG, Freeman RK, editors. A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk: Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health; 2015. p. 421. | Teerlink JR, Sliwa K, Opie LH. Heart Failure. In: Opie LH, Gersh BJ, editors. Drugs for the Heart. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Elsevier Saunders; 2013. pp. 177-81. | Dobutamine hydrochloride. Gloucester, UK: Hameln Pharmaceuticals Ltd.; 1994 [revised 08 Aug. 2018]. [Accessed 23 Jan. 2019] (online) Available from: https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/6270/smpc | Dobutamine. Hameln, Germany: Siegfried Hameln GmbH; 2018. [Accessed 15 Mar. 2019] (online) Available from: https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/files/pil.6462.pdf | Dobutamine. Lake Forest, Illinois: Hospira, Inc.; 2016. [Accessed 15 Mar. 2019] (online) Available from: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2016/020201s036lbl.pdf | Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed) [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2006. Dobutamine. [Updated 2018 Dec 3]. [Accessed 19 Feb. 2020] (online) Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK501647/ | Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO). Dobutamine. [Accessed 15 Mar. 2019] (online) Available from: https://cdscoonline.gov.in/CDSCO/Drugs