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MEDICAL INFORMATIONS
INDICATIONS
Prolongation of peripheral arterial catheter patency
ADVERSE EFFECTS
Use with caution in VLBW infants in the first days after birth due to potential of developing or extending an intracranial hemorrhage. Chronic hepatitis, as evidenced by an increase in serum bilirubin and serum glutamic transaminase, has been reported in three adults following long-term papaverine therapy. One patient had jaundice, and another had abnormal liver function on biopsy.
ADMINISTRATION
Administer a 0.12 mg/mL papaverine solution in NS or ½ NS with heparin (1 unit/mL) via intra-arterial catheter.