Vasopressin

Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?

Pituitary diabetes insipidus, bleeding from oesophageal varices.

Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?

Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient
Hypersensitivity. Chronic nephritis. Coronary artery disease.

Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication

Heart failure, migraine, epilepsy, asthma or other conditions. Fluid retention, renal impairment. HTN.

What are possible side effects of this medication ?

Pallor, nausea, belching, abdominal cramps, desire to defacate, hypersensitivity reactions, constriction of coronary arteries (may cause anginal attacks and myocardial ischaemia). Tremor, vertigo, fluid retention, hyponatraemia, gangrene, arrhythmias, bradycardia, bronchoconstriction.

Drug Category/Class

Vasopressin has 9 Brands listed


Cevas (20 iu)Cevas (40 iu)
Cpressin (40 iu)Cpressin P (10 iu)
Cpressin P (20 iu)Petresin (20 iu)
Vascel (20 iu)Vascel (40 iu)
Vasopin (20 iu)

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