Carboprost WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Carboprost
Carboprost is an hormone-like substance; a form of a prostaglandin.1 It is utilized to treat severe postpartum hemorrhage. Additionally, it can be used between the thirteenth and twentieth weeks of pregnancy to produce and abortion by causing uterine contractions.1 It is often the method chosen when an alternate abortion choice has not successfully emptied the uterus.1
Fast Facts:
- Side effects include fever, headache, nausea, vomiting and vaginal bleeding.1
- Administered muscularly, in a controlled environment.1
- Discuss all medications with your physician prior to receiving this medication.1
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What is Carboprost?
- Krames Online (via Wishard): What is Carboprost Tromethamine Injection?
- Cerner Multum (via Revolution Health): What is Carboprost?
- Unified Medical Language System (via Diseases Database): Carboprost Tromethamine
What are the Uses for Carboprost?
- A.D.A.M. (via University of Maryland Medical Center): Use
- Medscape: Carboprost Tromethamine IM - Dosage and Uses
- DailyMed: Indications and Usage
What are the Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for Carboprost?
- Cerner Multum (via Revolution Health): What are the Possible Side Effects of Carboprost?
- Krames Online (via Wishard): What Side Effects May I Notice From Receiving Carboprost Tromethamine Injection?
- Daily Med: Adverse Reactions
What are the Alternatives to Carboprost?
- OrganizedWisdom: Pitocin | Hemabate
- Babycenter: How is Postpartum Hemorrhage Treated?
- VirtualMedicalCentre: How is Postpartum Hemorrhage Treated?
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Carboprost
- Yahoo Answers: Carboprost (Hemabate) What Does It Do?
- Reuters (via Babycenter): More Safe Pregnancy Medicines Needed, Say Researchers (Jan 22, 2008)
- Google Groups: Hemorrhagic Cystitis
Abuse of Carboprost
- Cerner Multum (via Revolution Health): What Happens If I Overdose on Carboprost?
- First DataBank (via MedicineNet): Overdose
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Carboprost
- PubMed Central: Articles About Carboprost
- Google Scholar: List of Carboprost Articles
Research Notes References
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- Reviewer: Chris Miller
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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- Last update: Sep. 8, 2008
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