(roe PIV a kane) Brand: Naropin, Naropin Polyamp, Naropin SDV
• Speak your doctor if you have ever had an allergic reaction to any type of numbing medicine.
• Till receiving ropivacaine, speak your doctor if you have liver malady, heart malady, kidney malady, or a heart rhythm disorder.
• Speak your caregivers at once if you have a serious side effect such as: confusion, feeling like you might pass out, problems with speech or vision, ringing in your ears, numbness or tingling near your mouth, seizure, weak or shallow breathing, quick or slow heart course, weak pulse, gasping, or feeling unusually hot.
• This medicine can reason numbness over a big portion of your body. Take care to avoid injury till the feeling has returned completely.
• Some numbing medications can have long-lasting or delayed effects. Conversation to your doctor if you have concerns about this risk. Call your doctor if you have joint pain or stiffness, or weakness in any part of your body that occurs after your surgery, even months later.
• Ropivacaine is an anesthetic (numbing medicine) that blocks the nerve impulses that send pain signals to your brain.
• Ropivacaine is used as a local (in only one area) anesthesia for a spinal block, also called an epidural. The medicine is used to provide anesthesia during a surgery or C-section, or to ease labor pains.
• Ropivacaine may also be used for purposes not listed in this medicine guide.
• Speak your doctor if you have ever had an allergic reaction to any type of numbing medicine.
• To create certain you can safely receive ropivacaine, speak your doctor if you have any of these another conditions:
· liver disease;
· heart malady;
· kidney malady; or
· a heart rhythm disorder.
• FDA pregnancy category B. Ropivacaine is not expected to harm an unborn child. Speak your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment.
• It is not known whether ropivacaine can pass into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing child. Do not use this medicine without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
• Ropivacaine is given as an injection through a needle placed into an area of your medium or lower back around your spine. You will receive this injection in a hospital or surgical setting.
• Your breathing, blood pressure, oxygen levels, and another vital signs will be watched closely while you are receiving ropivacaine.
• Some numbing medications can have long-lasting or delayed effects. Conversation to your doctor if you have concerns about this risk. Call your doctor if you have joint pain or stiffness, or weakness in any part of your body that occurs after your surgery, even months later.
• Since ropivacaine is given as needed till a surgery or another medical procedure, you are not likely to be on a dosing schedule.
• Speak your caregivers right away if you think you have received too many of this medicine.
• Overdose symptoms may include severe forms of some of the side effects listed in this medicine guide.
• This medicine can reason numbness over a big portion of your body. Take care to avoid injury till the feeling has returned completely.
• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives or red skin rash; dizziness; sneezing; difficulty breathing; nausea or vomiting; sweating; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Speak your caregivers at once if you have any of these serious side effects:
· feeling anxious, restless, confused, or like you might pass out;
· problems with speech or vision;
· ringing in the ears, metallic taste, numbness or tingling near your mouth, or tremors;
· seizure (convulsions);
· weak or shallow breathing;
· slow heart course, weak pulse; or
· quick heart course, gasping, feeling unusually hot.
• Smaller serious side effects include:
· nausea, vomiting;
· headache, back pain;
· fever;
· itching;
· numbness or tingly feeling; or
· problems with urination or sexual function.
• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
• Much drugs can interact with ropivacaine. Adown is just a partial list. Speak your doctor if you are using:
· birth control pills or another hormones;
· cimetidine (Tagamet);
· cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril);
· interferon (Actimmune, Roferon, Intron, Rebetron, and others);
· ondansetron (Zofran);
· propranolol (Inderal);
· theophylline (Elixophyllin, Respbid, Slo-Bid, Theobid, Theo-Dur);
· verapamil (Calan, Covera, Isoptin, Verelan);
· warfarin (Coumadin);
· a heart rhythm medicine such as amiodarone (Cordarone, Pacerone), bretylium (Bretylan, Tosylate), dofetilide (Tikosyn), ibutilide (Corvert), mexiletine (Mexitil), or sotalol (Betapace);
· antidepressants such as amitriptyline (Elavil, Etrafon), clomipramine (Anafranil), fluvoxamine (Luvox), imipramine (Janimine, Tofranil); or
· medicines to treat psychiatric disorders, such as clozapine (Clozaril, FazaClo), haloperidol (Haldol), olanzapine (Zyprexa, Zydis).
• This list is not complete and another drugs may interact with ropivacaine. Speak your doctor about all medications you use. This includes prescription, over-the-counter, vitamin, and herbal commodity. Do not start a new medicine without telling your doctor.
• Your doctor or pharmacist can provide more information about ropivacaine.
Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.
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