Rapibloc
Rapibloc concentrate helps your heart beat normally if it is irregular or too fast.
Form
injektiokonsentraatti, liuosta varten
Strength
20 mg / 2 ml
Active Ingredient
Landiol hydrochloride
Manufacturer
Amomed Pharma Gmbh
How to Use
Dosage
Your doctor will give you a dose of 0.1 to 0.3 milligrams per kilogram of your body weight.
Method
This medicine is given as an injection into a vein by a doctor or nurse.
Important
The maximum dose you can receive in one day is 100 mg, given in 5 to 15 doses.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Slow heart rate
- •Low blood pressure
RARE
- •Lung infection (pneumonia)
- •Low sodium in the blood
- •Reduced blood flow to the brain, headache
- •Circulatory problems (cardiac arrest), fast heart rate
- •High blood pressure
- •Fluid buildup in the lungs
- •Vomiting, nausea
- •Liver disease
- •Abnormal heart test results (ECG, ultrasound)
- •Changes in blood test results
- •Abnormal urine test results (protein in urine)
- •Inflammation of the chest cavity (mediastinitis)
- •Abnormal number of platelets (blood cells that help blood clot)
- •High blood sugar
- •Stroke, seizures
- •Heart attack, irregular heartbeat, worsening heart function, or specific heart rate problems (like missed beats or feeling your heart beat).
- •Shock, hot flashes
- •Breathing difficulties (including shortness of breath), lung disease, unusually low oxygen in the blood
- •Stomach problems, mouth discharge, bad breath
- •Abnormally high bilirubin in the blood (a yellow substance from red blood cell breakdown)
- •Skin redness, cold sweat
- •Muscle cramps
- •Kidney failure, kidney damage, reduced urination
- •Fever, chills, chest discomfort, pain at the injection site
- •Increased blood pressure in the lungs
- •Sugar (glucose) in urine
- •Skin changes or pressure sensation at the injection site
Important Warnings
- Do not take if you are allergic to landiolol or any other ingredients in this medicine.
- Do not take if your heart beats very slowly (less than 50 beats per minute).
- Do not take if you have an irregular heart rhythm that changes from fast to slow (sick sinus syndrome).
- Do not take if you have a severe heart block, which is a problem with the electrical signals controlling your heartbeat.
- Do not take if you are in cardiogenic shock (a problem where your heart cannot pump enough blood).
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- Do not take if your blood pressure is very low.
- Do not take if you have symptoms of severe heart failure.
- Do not take if you have high blood pressure in your lungs (pulmonary hypertension).
- Do not take if you have an untreated adrenal gland tumor called pheochromocytoma.
- Do not take if you have asthma symptoms that are getting worse quickly.
- Do not take if your body's tissues are too acidic and this cannot be corrected.
- This medicine contains alcohol and should not be used in children or teenagers.