Drug Status in USA : Approved Drug Status in Canada : Approved
Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?
Acute heart failure. Cardiac Stress test.
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, idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (IHSS).
Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication
Correct hypovolaemia prior to treatment. Increased risk of rapid ventricular response in patients with atrial fibrillation. Insufficient data to determine the safety and efficacy of dobutamine use after acute MI.
What are possible side effects of this medication ?
Increased heart rare and BP, ectopic beats, palpitation. Nausea, headache, chest pain, palpitation, dyspnoea, paraesthesia, leg cramps. Tissue necrosis at site of extravasation. Cardiac arrhythmias, allergy (rare). MI and hypotension.
Drug Category/Class
Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor Agonists
Cardiotonic Agents
Adrenergic and Dopaminergic Agents
Cardiac Stimulants Excl. Cardiac Glycosides
Beta2 Agonists
Sympathomimetics
Cardiac Therapy
Cardiovascular System
Adrenergic and dopaminergic agents
Prescribed
For inotropic support in the short- term treatment of patients with cardiac decompensation due to depressed contractility resulting either from org...