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Adrenaline (Treatment)
1. Overview
Adrenaline is an endogenous catecholamine, and is used pharmacologically as a sympathomimetic agent. It acts on the ฮฒ and ฮฑ adrenoreceptors with dose-dependent selectivity. It is used to treat symptomatic bradycardia (e.g. in ฮฒ-blocker toxicity), anaphylaxis,
2. Toxicologic Indications & Dosing
2.1 Indication 1
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- Adult:
- ๐ DrugName Dose Route, Frequency.
- Child:
- ๐๐ถ DrugName Dose Route, Frequency.
- Other notes if applicable.
2.2 Indication 2
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- Adult:
- ๐ DrugName Dose Route, Frequency.
- ๐ DrugName Dose Route, Frequency.
- Child:
- ๐๐ถ DrugName Dose Route, Frequency.
- ๐๐ถ DrugName Dose Route, Frequency.
- Other notes if applicable.
2.3 Indication 3
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- Adult: ๐ DrugName Dose Route, Frequency.
- Child: ๐๐ถ DrugName Dose Route, Frequency.
- Other notes if applicable.
3. Cautions & Contraindications
4. Special Populations
Pregnancy rating:
Lactation:
Renal impairment:
Hepatic impairment:
5. Adverse Effects
- Description of important/serious adverse effects, e.g.
- Serotonin syndrome:
- Systems e.g.
- GI:
- Resp:
- MSK: local phlebitis
- Frequency e.g.
- Common:
6. Pharmacology
6.1 Pharmacodynamics
Mechanism of action:
6.2 Pharmacokinetics
Absorption:
- Oral bioavailability:
- GI tract absorption:
- First pass metabolism:
Distribution:
- Vd:
- Lipid solubility:
- Crosses/Does not cross BBB
- Crosses/Does not cross placenta
- Excreted/Not excreted in breast milk
- Protein binding:
- Tmax:
Metabolism:
Excretion:
- Elimination tยฝ:
- Hepatic clearance:
- Renal clearance:
6.3 Pharmaceutics
Formulation:
7. References
Useful general references: