What Medications May Treat Hypotension?

Phenylephrine

A phenylephrine injection may help patients with low blood pressure during surgery. This intravenous medication may help increase a patient's blood pressure to a safe level. However, patients may need to be monitored closely when they are given this drug. They may need blood tests. This medication appears to have several side effects. A serious one seems to be a depression under the skin where the drug was injected. This may also be called necrosis, and it appears to be permanent. Patients may want to tell their nurses and doctor immediately if they spot this. Other concerns that may merit this seem to include skin peeling, pain, redness, as well as blue-green or black skin discoloration around the injection site.

This drug appears to have many other possible side effects. They may include stomach pain, anxiety, excess fluid in the lungs, reduced urinary output, headaches, and nausea. Patients should consider reviewing their current medications and supplements with a doctor before receiving this drug. It seems that they can be at risk of severe side effects due to possible medication interactions. Examples of possible interactions may include tranylcypromine and linezolid.