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DO NOT ADMINISTER NIMOTOP INTRAVENOUSLY OR BY OTHER PARENTERAL ROUTES. DEATHS AND SERIOUS, LIFE-THREATENING ADVERSE EVENTS HAVE OCCURRED WHEN THE CONTENTS OF NIMOTOP CAPSULES HAVE BEEN INJECTED PARENTERALLY
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- In patients with SAH, Nimotop® controls damage with a low side effect profile.
- Decreased blood pressure is the most common side effect, occurring in 4.4% of patients. Blood pressure should be monitored during therapy.1
- Other side effects occurring at a low frequency of ≥1.0% include headache, nausea, and bradycardia.1
- No clinically significant effects on hematologic factors, renal or hepatic function, or carbohydrate metabolism have been causally associated with oral nimodipine.1
- Nimotop® does not appear to affect anesthetic management.2
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Sources:
- Nimotop® (nimodipine) Capsules Prescribing
Information December 2005
- Stullken EH, Johnston WE, Prough DS. Implications of nimodipine prophylaxis of cerebral vasospasm on anesthetic management during intracranial aneurysm clipping. J. Neurosurg. 1985; 62:200-205.
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