Category of Drug | Atropine-Antidote is Antidotes and Substances Used in Poisoning. |
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Indications | Atropine-Antidote is used for 1. Organophosphate and carbamate poisoning 2. Premedication 3. Antispasmodic 4. Asmydriac 5. Cycloplegic refraction procedures |
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Available dosage forms | INJECTION |
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Contraindications | 1. In myasthenia gravis 2. Paralytic ileus 3. Pyloric stenosis and prostac enlargement 4. Reflux oesophagitis 5. Unstable cardiac rhythm |
Precautions | 1. Elderly 2. Down syndrome 3. Angle-closure glaucoma 4. Myasthenia gravis 5. Prostatic enlargement 6. Pyrexia 7. Lactation 8. Interactions 9. Pregnancy |
Adverse Effects | 1. Conspation 2. Transient bradycardia 3. Reduced bronchial secreons 4. Urinary urgency and retention 5. Dilataon of the pupils with loss of accommodaon 6. Photophobia 7. Dry mouth 8. Flushing and dryness of the skin 9. Confusion |
Pregnancy Category | C |