This medication is a sedative, prescribed for intensive care unit sedation and procedural sedation.
Hypersensitivity.
Dosage is based on patient’s condition and response to the medication.
IV: The recommended loading dose is 1mcg/kg over 10 minutes.
Maintenance: 0.6mcg to 1mcg/kg/hr.
It comes as a solution for injection to be administered by a healthcare provider into the vein.
• A skilled person who has enough knowledge in handling intensive care unit patients should administer this medication.
• Patient may develop with low heart rate, high blood pressure, sinus arrest, if it so either decrease the dosage or stop the medication.
• Caution should be exercised in patients with history of heart diseases, decrease in blood volume, diabetes, chronic high blood pressure, elderly, during pregnancy and lactation.
• Most Common:
Low blood pressure, slow heart rate and dry mouth.
• Body as a Whole :
Fever, decreased blood volume, light anesthesia, pain and rigors.
• Heart:
Blood pressure fluctuation, high/low blood pressure, heart attack, abnormal heart rhythm, fast/slow heart rate and dilation of blood vessels.
• Central Nervous System :
Dizziness, headache, nerve pain/inflammation, speech disorder, convulsion, anxiety, agitation, confusion, hallucination and illusion.
• Gastrointestinal :
Abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and constipation.
• Liver:
Increased level of liver enzymes and liver damage.
• Metabolic:
Excess level of acid in blood, increased potassium level in blood and decrease/increase in sugar level.
• Blood:
Anemia, easy bruising and bleeding.
• Genitourinary:
Blood urea nitrogen increased and decreased urination.
• Respiratory :
Asthma, shortness/poor breathing and lung obstruction.
• Skin :
Increased sweating.
• Eye:
Abnormal eye sensation and abnormal vision.
Take full course of treatment.
Store it at controlled room temperature (25°C), and in an airtight container.
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