Drug Status in USA : Approved Drug Status in Canada : Approved
Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?
Short-term management of CCF in patients unresponsive to digitalis, diuretics or vasodilators.
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. Heart valve stenosis, acute myocardial infarction.
Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication
Monitor fluid and electrolyte balance. Do not use in patients with severe obstructive aortic or pulmonic valvular disease. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, atrial flutter or fibrillation. Pregnancy and lactation.
What are possible side effects of this medication ?