Pyrol Extra
by Semos
Active ingredients: Caffeine, Paracetamol
Packs
- Tab · 100's (057705)
In stock at Healify — same active ingredient
- Calpol Plus — from PKR 55
- Panadol Extra — from PKR 60
Always confirm a substitution with your pharmacist.
About Caffeine Citrate
Lung Surfactant
Uses
Apnoea in premature newborns.
How to take it
Neonates: Loading dose: 20 mg/kg by slow IV infusion over 30 minutes. After an interval of 24 hours, Maintenance dose of 5 mg/kg may be administered by slow IV infusion over 10 minutes every 24 hours. Alternatively maintenance dose of 5 mg/kg may be administered by oral administration.
Side effects
Irritability, restlessness and jitteriness, tachycardia, hypertension, increased stroke volume.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
Precautions: Increase heart rate, CVD with impaired renal or hepatic function, GERD, Increase in metabolism, diuresis and loss of electrolytes.
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Interactions with Caffeine Citrate
Theophylline.
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