- Milrinone Indications
- Milrinona Price
- Side Effects of Milrinone
- Contraindications for Milrinone
- How to Use Milrinone
Milrinone is the active substance in a vasodilator medicine known commercially as Primacor.
This injectable drug is indicated for heart failure, since its action consists in increasing the force of contraction of the heart and in relaxing the smooth muscle of the arteries and veins, increasing the cardiac preload and afterload.
Milrinone Indications
Congestive heart failure.
Milrinona Price
The 10 ml bottle of Milrinona costs approximately 620 reais.
Side Effects of Milrinone
Ventricular arrhythmias.
Contraindications for Milrinone
Pregnancy Risk C; lactating women; severe aortic or pulmonary valve disease.
How to Use Milrinone
Injectable Use
Adults
Congestive heart failure
- Administer 50 mcg per kg body weight, administered slowly over about 10 minutes. The maintenance dose should remain between 0.375 to 0.75 mcg per kg of body weight per minute.ยด
The total dose in 24 hours should not exceed 1.13 mg per kg of body weight. Consult the manufacturer's tables on infusion speed as a function of body weight.
