Wednesday, 15 January 2020

Atosiban a new drug for threatened Pre term labour prevention


o    Atosiban is the current drug for tocolysis Atosiban available in India .The brand name in India since last three years as  Tosiban by Zuventus,
o    Atosiban is very expensive . So there is still place to use isoxsuprine , ritodrin , magsulf etc .
o    Mag so4  & Nifedipine is  less effective in  termination of PTL remains the drug of poor country like India.    Nifedipine is for PHC/ Rural hospitals , reasonably quite effective. Isoxuprine and Ritodrine have become controversial drugs internationally because of impending possibilities of dysrhythmias in mother and fetus(beta agonist) .
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