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Dopa Arc 40mg Injection
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Product introduction
Dopa Arc 40mg Injection is a medicine used for the treatment of low blood pressure due to heart attack, infection, heart surgery, or trauma. It is also useful in heart failure. It increases the blood pressure by increasing pumping capacity of the heart and improving blood flow in the body.
Dopa Arc 40mg Injection makes the heart beat more strongly and used to treat heart diseases and heart failure
Dopa Arc 40mg Injection makes the heart beat more strongly and used to treat heart diseases and heart failure
Uses of Dopa Arc Injection
- Heart failure
- Low blood pressure
Benefits of Dopa Arc Injection
In Heart failure
Heart failure means your heart is weak and cannot pump enough blood to your lungs and the rest of your body. The most common symptoms are breathlessness, tiredness, and swelling in your legs, ankles, abdomen and other parts of your body. Dopa Arc 40mg Injection makes it easier for your heart to pump blood around your body and is therefore an effective treatment for heart failure.
This medicine will help relieve your symptoms, making you feel better and more energetic. You should make appropriate lifestyle changes (such as eating healthily and keeping active) to help this medicine be effective. Follow your doctor’s instructions carefully to get maximum benefit.
This medicine will help relieve your symptoms, making you feel better and more energetic. You should make appropriate lifestyle changes (such as eating healthily and keeping active) to help this medicine be effective. Follow your doctor’s instructions carefully to get maximum benefit.
In Low blood pressure
Dopa Arc 40mg Injection is used to normalise decreased blood pressure (hypotension) which may occur all of a sudden during an operation, severe infection (sepsis) or due to an emergency condition (cardiac arrest). This medicine helps to bring back the blood pressure within normal range and therefore prevents any sudden fall or even serious complications that might have otherwise followed due to low blood pressure.
Side effects of Dopa Arc Injection
Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them
Common side effects of Dopa Arc
- Flushing (sense of warmth in the face, ears, neck and trunk)
- Headache
- Increased heart rate
- Palpitations
How to use Dopa Arc Injection
Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Kindly do not self administer.
Safety advice
Alcohol
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
It is not known whether it is safe to consume alcohol with Dopa Arc 40mg Injection. Please consult your doctor.
Pregnancy
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Dopa Arc 40mg Injection may be unsafe to use during pregnancy. Although there are limited studies in humans, animal studies have shown harmful effects on the developing baby. Your doctor will weigh the benefits and any potential risks before prescribing it to you. Please consult your doctor.
Breast feeding
SAFE IF PRESCRIBED
Dopa Arc 40mg Injection is probably safe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug does not represent any significant risk to the baby.
Driving
NOT RELEVANT
Not relevant, as Dopa Arc 40mg Injection is intended for use in hospitalised patients.
Kidney
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
There is limited information available on the use of Dopa Arc 40mg Injection in patients with kidney disease. Please consult your doctor.
Liver
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
There is limited information available on the use of Dopa Arc 40mg Injection in patients with liver disease. Please consult your doctor.
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Quick tips
- It is given into the vein as a drip by a healthcare professional.
- Regular monitoring of heartbeat, blood pressure, urine output, liver and kidney function is required while taking Dopa Arc 40mg Injection.
- Inform your doctor if you are pregnant, planning pregnancy or breastfeeding.
Fact Box
Chemical Class
Catecholamine Derivative
Habit Forming
No
Therapeutic Class
CARDIAC
Action Class
Sympathomimetics agonist-Inotropes
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Name: Arco Lifesciences
Address: C-86, MIDC, Hingna, Nagpur - 440016 Maharashtra India
Country of origin: India
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