Desflurane : Before Using

Desflurane - Inhalation-Systemic

Brand Names

Suprane Desflurane *** Before Using *** How to Use *** Fore Safe Use *** Side Effects

Before Using This Medication

In deciding to using a medication, the problems of uses this drugs must be weighed against the good it will do. For desflurane, the following must be considered

Allergic reaction

Tell your family doctor if you have any unusual or allergy to an anesthetic. Also tell your family doctor if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods, preservatives, or dyes.

Pregnancy care

Desflurane has not been studied in pregnant women. It did not cause birth defects in animal studies. However, desflurane causing other unwanted effects in the animal fetus when given for many days in a row in amounts that were large enough to cause harmful effects in the mother.

Breast-feeding problem

Small amounts of desflurane may pass into the breast milk. Your family doctor may want you to stop breast-feeding for about 24 hours after receiving the drug.

Use for Children

Desflurane has been tested in child. It is not using to start anesthesia in child who are awake because it causes irritation and other unwanted effects. However, when it is using to continue general anesthesia that has been started with another anesthetic, desflurane does not cause various side effects or problems in child than it does in adults.

Elderly care

Desflurane has been tested and has not been shown to cause various side effects or problems in elderly people than it does in adults people. However, elderly people usually need smaller amounts of an anesthetic than younger people. Your family doctor will take your age into account when deciding on the right amount of desflurane for you.

Drug interactions

Although certain medication must not be using together at all, in other cases two various medication may be using together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your family doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are receiving a general anesthetic, it is especially important that your family doctor know if you are taking any other prescription or nonprescription - over-the-counter "OTC " drug or any of the following:

“Street” drugs, such as amphetamines - “uppers”, barbiturates - “downers”, cocaine, marijuana, phencyclidine - PCP or “angel dust” and heroin or other narcotics Serious, possibly fatal, side effects may occur if your family doctor gives you an anesthetic without knowing that you have taken another drug

Other Information for using

The presence of other medical problems may effect the use of desflurane. Make sure you tell your family doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:

Diseases that can cause muscle weakness, such as familial periodic paralysis, muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis, or Eaton-Lambert syndrome,
Heart or blood vessel disease The risk of side effects may be increased, but serious problems can be prevented if your family doctor knows that these conditions are present before giving you an anesthetic

Malignant hyperthermia, during or shortly after receiving an anesthetic - history of, or family history of. Signs of malignant hyperthermia include very high fever, fast and irregular heartbeat, muscle spasms or tightness, and breathing problems This side effect may occur again