Davis's Drug Guide
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phentolamine

Indications

  • IV: Control of BP during surgical removal of a pheochromocytoma.
  • IV, Infiltration:
  • Prevention and treatment of dermal necrosis and sloughing following extravasation of norepinephrine, phenylephrine, or dopamine.
  • Local:
  • Reversal of soft-tissue anesthesia (of lip and tongue) resulting from an intraoral submucosal injection of a local anesthetic containing a vasconstrictor.

Unlabeled Use(s):

IM: IV: Treatment of hypertension associated with pheochromocytoma or adrenergic (sympathetic) excess, such as administration of phenylephrine, tyramine-containing foods in patients on MAO inhibitor therapy, or clonidine withdrawal.

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