DESLANOSIDE

Deslanoside is a cardiac glycoside with positive inotropic activity.

Uses

Deslanoside is used in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, heart failure

Warnings

Deslanoside should not be given to those with the following diseases:

  • Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
  • Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Side Effects

Deslanoside may bring about the following side effects:

  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Anorexia
  • Diarrhoea
  • Abdominal pain
  • Headache
  • Facial pain
  • Fatigue
  • Weakness
  • Dizziness
  • Drowsiness
  • Disorientation
  • Mental confusion
  • Bad dreams
  • Delirium
  • Acute psychoses
  • Hallucinations
  • Convulsions
  • Blurred vision
  • Color vision may be affected
  • Gynecomastia
  • Vasoconstriction
  • Transient hypotension
  • Local irritation
  • Hypokalaemia
  • Heart failure
  • Supraventricular or ventricular arrhythmias
  • Defects of conduction

Precautions

Precautions

Take extra caution in people with the following conditions:

  • Heart disease
  • Partial heart block
  • Sinus node disorders
  • Acute myocarditis
  • Acute MI
  • Advanced heart failure
  • Severe pulmonary disease
  • Thyroid dysfunction
  • Hypokalaemia
  • Hypomagnesaemia
  • Hypercalcaemia
  • Hypoxia
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Impaired renal function
  • Elderly
  • Premature infants

 

Interactions

Deslanoside may interact with the following medicines:

  • Thiazides
  • Loop diuretics
  • Corticosteroids
  • β2-agonist
  • Amphotericin B
  • Sodium polystyrene sulfonate
  • Carbenoxolone
  • Calcium salts
  • Quinidine
  • Amiodarone
  • Propafenone
  • Other antiarrhythmics
  • β-blockers
  • Calcium-channel blockers

Overdose & Brands

Signs of an overdose include:

  • Ventricular tachycardia
  • Ventricular fibrillation
  • Progressive bradyarrhythmias
  • Heart blocks

Seek medical help immediately.

 

Available Brands:

Common brand names for deslanoside include:

  • Cedilanide
  • Deslanoside Zhaohui Pharm

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