Metyrapone : Before Using

Metyrapone - Systemic

Brand Names

Metopirone Metyrapone *** Before Using *** How to Use *** Fore Safe Use *** Side Effects *** Additional Information

Before Using

In deciding to using a medication, the chance of taking the drug must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you will make. For metyrapone, the following must be considered

Allergic reaction

Tell your family doctor if you have any unusual or allergy to metyrapone. Always tell your health care professional if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods, preservatives, or dyes.

Pregnancy care

Metyrapone has not been fully studied in pregnant women. However, some small studies have shown that metyrapone can effect the production of chemicals by the pituitary and adrenal glands of the fetus. Always the large amounts of estrogen produced by your body during pregnancy may cause false results in metyrapone testing. Before you take metyrapone, make sure your family doctor knows if you are pregnant or if you may become pregnant.

Breast-feeding problem

It is not known whether metyrapone passes into the breast milk. However, use of metyrapone is not recommended during breast-feeding because it may cause unwanted effects in nursing babies.

Use for Children

This drug has been tested in child and has not been shown to cause various side effects or problems in child than it does in adults.

Elderly care

Although there is no special info about the use of metyrapone in the elderly, it is not expected to cause various side effects or problems in elderly people than it does in adults people.

Drug interactions

Although certain medication must not be using together at all, in other cases 2 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 taking metyrapone, it is especially important that your health care professional know if you are also taking any other medication, since many medication can cause false results in metyrapone testing. This may result in a wrong diagnosis. It is especially important that your family doctor know if you are taking any of the following:

Alcohol - with chronic use
Barbiturates
Carbamazepine - Tegretol
Corticosteroids - cortisone-like drug
Estrogens - female hormones
Griseofulvin - Fulvicin
Oral contraceptives - birth control pills containing estrogen
Phenylbutazone - Butazolidin
Phenytoin - Dilantin
Primidone - Mysoline
Rifampin - Rifadin

Other Information for using

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

Breast cancer
Diabetes mellitus - sugar diabetes
Heart disease
Liver disease
Low blood sugar
Thyroid disease These conditions may cause false results in metyrapone testing and result in a wrong diagnosis

Excessive body hair in females Long-term use may increase growth of body hair

Porphyria Metyrapone may worsen active cases of porphyria

Underactive adrenal or pituitary gland Metyrapone may severely reduce the amount of certain hormones produced by the adrenal glands; these hormones are needed to respond to stress or illness