Manufacturer: Unimark Remedies Ltd
Salt Composition : Terlipressin(1mg)
Terpres 1mg Injection is given by a healthcare professional. You should not self-administer this medicine at home. Your doctor will decide the dose and how often you should take them. It is given only to patients with severe or life-threatening bleeding in the food pipe (esophagus).
Using this medicine can cause some common side effects such as headaches, slow heart rate, high blood pressure, peripheral vasoconstriction, and Peripheral ischemia low blood pressure. Let your doctor know if any of these side effects do not go away or get worse.
Before using this medicine, inform your doctor if you have any problems with your heart, liver, or kidneys. You should also tell your doctor all the other medicines you are taking. This medicine is not recommended for children and adolescents.
Terlipressin works on the walls of blood vessels which causes narrowing and decreases the blood flow into the affected veins. This helps to stop or slow the bleeding.
Terlipressin and lysine-vasopressin exhibit linear pharmacokinetics in healthy subjects. Plasma concentrations of terlipressin demonstrate proportional increases with the dose administered.
Headache
Slow heart rate
Abdominal cramp
Diarrhea
High blood pressure
Peripheral ischemia
Vasoconstriction of the extremities
Hypersensitivity, vascular disease esp coronary artery disease, chronic nephritis (until normal blood-nitrogen concentration attained).
Terpres 1mg Injection is highly unsafe to use during pregnancy. Seek your doctor's advice as studies on pregnant women and animals have shown significant harmful effects to the developing baby.
It is not known whether it is safe to consume alcohol with Terpres 1mg Injection. Please consult your doctor.
Information regarding the use of Terpres 1mg Injection during breastfeeding is not available. Please consult your doctor.
Terlipressin is indicated in the treatment of bleeding oesophageal varices. The administration of terlipressin serves the emergency care for acute bleeding oesophageal varices until endoscopic therapy is available.
Inform your doctor if you are taking beta-blockers, general anaesthetics (propofol), opioid analgesics (sufentanil), anti-arrhythmic drugs (procainamide, disopyramide, quinidine, sotalol, amiodarone, dofetilide, ibutilide), antibiotic (erythromycin), antihistamines (anti-allergic drugs), tricyclic antidepressants and diuretics (water tablets).
Kindly do not self administer.
Store in a refrigerator (2 - 8°C). Do not freeze.
If you miss a dose of Terpres 1mg Injection, skip it and continue with your normal schedule. Do not double the dose.
Consult a doctor before taking any medicines.
Terpres 1mg Injection is given as an injection into veins under the supervision of a doctor.
It makes you feel dizzy or lightheaded. To lower the chance of feeling dizzy or passing out, rise slowly if you have been sitting or lying down.
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or are breastfeeding.
Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Kindly do not self administer.
Q. Who should not take Terpres 1mg Injection?
Terpres 1mg Injection should not be given to anyone with a known allergy or hypersensitivity to Terpres 1mg Injection or any of its ingredients.
Q. What should I tell my doctor before starting treatment with Terpres 1mg Injection?
Before starting treatment with Terpres 1mg Injection, tell your doctor if you have any other health problems, like kidney or liver-related issues, breathing issues like asthma, heart related ailments like uncontrollable or high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, etc. This is because certain medical conditions may affect your treatment and you may even need dose modifications. Let your doctor know about all the other medicines you are taking because they may affect, or be affected by, this medicine. Inform your doctor if you are planning a baby, if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Q. How do you give Terpres 1mg Injection?
Terpres 1mg Injection is given by a doctor or nurse into the muscle or under the skin. It should not be self-administered. The dose will depend on the body weight of the patient and will be decided by your doctor. Follow your doctor’s instructions carefully to get maximum benefit from Terpres 1mg Injection.
Q. Can Terpres 1mg Injection be used in children?
There is not enough data available for its use in children. For any doubts, consult your doctor.
