Introduction

Name

• BANM.

Class of drug

Description

Chemical name

• 4-2-6Phenethyl amino hexylamino ethyl pyrocatechol dihydrochloride.

Uses

Indications

• Inotropic effect prior to and during surgery. Short term action (peak effect at 6 minutes after IV administration)
• Possible alternative to dopamine Dopamine and dobutamine Dobutamine in treatment of acute heart failure and post operative management of low cardiac output conditions.

Administration

Pharmacokinetics

Precautions

Interactions

with other drugs

• May predispose to tachyarrhythmias if used with inhalation anesthetics (halothane Halothane , isoflurane Isoflurane ) Isoflurane

Adverse Reactions

Further Reading

Publications

Refereed papers

• Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.

Other sources of information

• Clinical Anaesthetic Pharmacology, Editors: John W Dundee, R. S. J. Clarke, William McCaughey. Pub: Churchill Livingstone. 1991.
• Martindale - The Extra Pharmacopoeia The London Pharmaceutical Society. 31st Edition.
• Lumb and Jones. Veterinary Anaesthesia Williams and Williams 3rd Edition 1996.
• Based on Small Animal Formulary. Tennant, Bryn (1999) 3rd edn. Cheltenham: BSAVA. ISBN: 0 905214 44 7