Ritodrine

Drug Status in Canada : Approved

Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?

Uncomplicated preterm labor.

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. Pregnancy. Antepartum haemorrhage, eclampsia and severe preeclampsia, intrauterine foetal death, cardiac disease. Threatened miscarriage, placenta praevia and cord compression.

Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication

Concurrent steroids, hyperthyroidism, myocardial insufficiency, arrhythmias, hypertension, DM, bronchial asthma treated with beta-agonists, lactation.

What are possible side effects of this medication ?

Tachycardia, tremor, nausea, vomiting, headache or erythema, nervousness, restlessness, litteriness, emotional upset, anxiety, malaise. Rarely arrhythmias, pulmonary oedema, hypokalaemia.

Drug Category/Class

  • Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists
  • Sympathomimetics
  • Tocolytic Agents
  • Sympathomimetics, Labour Repressants
  • Genito Urinary System and Sex Hormones
  • Beta2 Agonists
  • Sympathomimetics, labour repressants
Prescribed For the treatment and prophylaxis of premature labour
Weight :287.3535
Structure Ritodrine
Generic Drug Ritodrine prescribed For the treatment and prophylaxis of premature labour
Formula

C17H21NO3

Ritodrine has 28 Brands listed


Femodrine (10 mg)Feto Care (10 mg)
Gynospa (150 mg)Miolene (10 mg)
Miolene (50 mg)Pregtaer (10 mg)
Pregtar (10 mg)Ristore (10 mg)
Ritodine (10 mg)Ritodine Inj (10 mg)
Ritolan (10 mg)Ritopar UR (10 mg)
Ritopar UR Inj (10 mg)Ritopp (10 mg)
Ritrod (10 mg)Ritrod (50 mg)
Ritrod Inj (10 mg)Tocopar (10 mg)
Urgard (50 mg)Utdrine (100 mg)
Utgard (10 mg)Utgard (50 mg)
Utgard Inj (10 mg)Utodin (10 mg)
Utodin (25 mg)Yutodian (10 mg)
Yutopar (10 mg)Yutopar (50 mg)

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