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DEXMEDETOMIDINE HCL


DIR Classification


Classification:Ambiguous
Severity Score:1.0

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  • ADVERSE REACTIONS
  • Postmarketing Experience
  • Adverse Reactions Experienced During Post-approval Use of Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride Investigations
  • Alanine aminotransferase increased, aspartate aminotransferase increased, blood alkaline phosphatase increased, blood urea increased, electrocardiogram T wave inversion, gammaglutamyltransferase increased, electrocardiogram QT prolonged

Postmarketing Surveillance

Contingency Table:

Current Drug
Other Drugs
QT Prolongation
18
24074
Other ADRs
3568
38378019

Odds Ratio = 8.043

Drug Property Information



ATC Code(s):
  • N05CM18 - dexmedetomidine hcl
    • N05CM - Other hypnotics and sedatives
    • N05C - HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES
    • N05 - PSYCHOLEPTICS
    • N - NERVOUS SYSTEM
Active Ingredient:DEXMEDETOMIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE
Active Ingredient UNII:1018WH7F9I
Drugbank ID:DB00633
PubChem Compound:5311068
CTD ID:D020927
PharmGKB:PA449256
CAS Number:113775-47-6
Dosage Form(s):injection
Route(s) Of Administrator:intravenous
Daily Dose:
  • 1.0 mg/day N05CM18
Chemical Structure:
SMILE Code:
C[C@H](C1=CNC=N1)C1=C(C)C(C)=CC=C1

Reference

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