Fentanyyli Basi
Fentanyyli Basi is a medicine that helps prevent and relieve pain, often used during medical procedures.
Form
injektioneste, liuos
Strength
50 mikrog/ml
Active Ingredient
Fentanyl citrate
Manufacturer
Laboratórios Basi Indústria Farmacêutica S.A.
How to Use
Dosage
Your doctor or nurse will decide the right dose for you, usually 1-50 micrograms per kilogram of body weight, depending on your age, weight, and the type of surgery.
Method
This medicine is given as an injection into a vein or muscle, or as a continuous infusion. A doctor or nurse will administer it.
Important
Your doctor will decide the safe maximum dose and will monitor you closely during treatment.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Nausea, vomiting
- •Muscle stiffness (which may include chest muscles)
- •Involuntary, repeated body movements
- •Drowsiness, dizziness
- •Vision problems
- •Fast or slow heart rate
- •Irregular heart rhythm
- •Low or high blood pressure
- •Vein pain
- •Choking due to throat muscle spasms
- •Breathing difficulties or wheezing
- •Short periods of stopped breathing (apnea) (doctor has medicine to prevent this)
- •Rash
- •Confusion after surgery
RARE
- •Elevated mood
- •Headache
- •Vein swelling and blood clotting (phlebitis)
- •Irregular blood pressure changes
- •Faster than normal breathing
- •Hiccups
- •Body temperature drop below normal or chills
- •Airway complication during anesthesia
- •Agitation after surgery
- •Difficulty swallowing
Important Warnings
- Do not use this medicine if you are allergic to fentanyl or any other ingredient in it.
- Do not use this medicine if you are allergic to medicines called morphinomimetics (drugs similar to morphine).
- Tell your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or breastfeeding.
- Tell your doctor if you have an underactive thyroid, lung disease, a muscle disease called myasthenia gravis, or liver or kidney disease.
- Tell your doctor if you have a history of opioid misuse or alcoholism.
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- Tell your doctor if you have had a recent head injury, a severe undiagnosed headache, low blood volume, or pain in the upper right abdomen (gallbladder/bile duct issues).
- Tell your doctor if you smoke or have had mood problems like depression or anxiety.
- This medicine should not be used during childbirth as it can affect the baby's breathing.