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How it works: Magnesium prevents seizures in patients with preeclampsia and controls seizures in patients with eclampsia by blocking neuromuscular transmission and decreasing the amount of acetylcholine liberated at the end plate by the motor nerve impulse. Do not use if: Magnesium Sulfate in 5% Dextrose Injection is contraindicated in patients: • with heart block or myocardial damage • in diabetic coma • with myasthenia gravis • Heart block or myocardial damage • Diabetic coma • Myasthenia gravis ( 4, 5.6 ) generated by SI from cited sources · general information, not a diagnosis · consult a health professional
Magnesium prevents seizures in patients with preeclampsia and controls seizures in patients with eclampsia by blocking neuromuscular transmission and decreasing the amount of acetylcholine liberated at the end plate by the motor nerve impulse. Do not use if: Magnesium Sulfate in 5% Dextrose Injection is contraindicated in patients: • with heart block or myocardial damage • in diabetic coma • with myasthenia gravis • Heart block or myocardial damage • Diabetic coma • Myasthenia gravis ( 4, 5.6 )
The following adverse reactions have been identified in clinical studies or postmarketing reports. Because these reactions are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to drug exposure. Pregnancy (label summary): Risk Summary Magnesium Sulfate in 5% Dextrose Injection is indicated in pregnant women for the prevention of eclampsia in women with preeclampsia and the treatment of seizures and prevention of recurrent seizures in women with eclampsia. General information only, not medical advice and not a prescription. No doses are given. Always consult a doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine, especially in pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older age or with other medicines.
For a suspected overdose or poisoning, call 102 now and go to the nearest emergency hospital.
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