Atropine Sulphate Injection
Important information about your medicine
- Your doctor or nurse will give you the injection.
- If this injection causes you any problems talk to your doctor, nurse or pharmacist.
- Please tell your doctor or pharmacist, if you have any other medical conditions or have an allergy to any of the ingredients of this medicine.
- Please tell your doctor or pharmacist, if you are taking any other medicines.
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start using this medicine. In some circumstances this may not be possible and this leaflet will be kept in a safe place should you wish to read it.
Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.- If you have any further questions, please ask your doctor or your pharmacist.
- This medicine has been prescribed for you personally and you should not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their symptoms are the same as yours.
Where to find information in this leaflet
- 1. What Atropine Sulphate Injection is and what it is used for
- 2. Before you are given Atropine Sulphate Injection
- 3. How to use Atropine Sulphate Injection
- 4. Possible side effects
- 5. Storing Atropine Sulphate Injection
- 6. Further information
What Atropine Sulphate Injection is and what it is used for
Atropine Sulphate Injection belongs to a group of medicines known as anticholinergics.
It is used:
- before general anaesthesia to reduce saliva secretions.
- to restore normal heartbeat during a cardiac arrest.
- as an antidote to some insecticides and in mushroom poisoning.
- in combination with other drugs to reverse the effect of muscle relaxants used during surgery.
Before you are given Atropine Sulphate Injection
You should NOT be given Atropine Sulphate Injection if you:
- are sensitive or allergic to Atropine Sulphate Injection or any of the other ingredients in this injection.
- suffer from closed-angle glaucoma (a condition that affects your eyes).
- are a man with an enlarged prostate.
- suffer from myasthenia gravis (weakness of breathing muscles).
- suffer from pyloric stenosis (a narrowing of the opening that takes food away from your stomach).
- suffer from paralytic lleus (your intestine stops functioning properly).
- suffer from ulcerative colitis - a disease of the colon and rectum.
Please tell your doctor or nurse before being given the injection if you have:
urinary difficulties- heart failure
- had a heart attack
- had a heart transplant
- chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (a condition where the airflow to your lungs is restricted and you may cough and feel breathless)
- an overactive thyroid
- high blood pressure
fever
diarrhoea
- reflux oesophagitis (heartburn)
Using other medicines:
Please tell your doctor or nurse if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription. This is especially important with the following medicines as they may interact with your Atropine Sulphate Injection:
- medicines to treat psychosis or depression.
amantadine (a medicine for Parkinson's Disease)
antihistamines (medicines used to treat hayfever and allergies- medicines to regulate your heart (disopyramide and mexiletine)
ketoconazole (a medicine to treat fungal infections).- Medicines that you take by allowing them to dissolve slowly in your mouth - atropine may cause your mouth to become dry, making it more difficult for these medicines to dissolve.
Pregnancy or breast feeding:
Please tell your doctor or nurse before being given this injection if you are pregnant or breast feeding. The doctor will then decide if the injection is suitable for you.
Driving and using machines:
You should not drive or use machinery if you are affected by the administration of Atropine Sulphate Injection.
How to use Atropine Sulphate Injection
Your nurse or doctor will give you the injection
Your doctor will decide the correct dosage for you and how and when the injection will be given.
Since the injection will be given to you by a doctor or nurse, it is unlikely that you will be given too much. If you think you have been given too much, you feel your heart beating very fast, you are breathing quickly, have a high temperature, feel restless, confused, have hallucinations, or lose co-ordination you must tell the person giving you the injection.
Possible side effects
Like all medicines, Atropine Sulphate Injection can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
drowsiness
blurred vision
- dry mouth with difficulty swallowing
thirst
- dilation of the pupils
flushing
- dryness of the skin
- slow heart beat followed by fast heart beat
palpitations (you are aware of your heart beating)- difficulty in passing urine or constipation
vomiting
rashes
confusion
If you think this injection is causing you any problems, or you are at all worried, talk to your doctor, nurse or pharmacist.
Storing Atropine Sulphate Injection
Your injection will be stored at less than 25°C and protected from light. The nurse or doctor will check that the injection is not past its expiry date before giving you the injection.
Further information
What Atropine Sulphate Injection contains:
This injection contains the active ingredient atropine sulphate. Each 1 ml of solution contains 600 micrograms in a sterile solution for injection.
This injection contains the following Inactive Ingredients: sulphuric acid and water for injections.
What Atropine Sulphate Injection looks like and contents of the pack:
Atropine Sulphate Injection is a supplied in 1 ml clear glass ampoules. 10 ampoules are supplied in each carton.
The marketing authorisation number of this medicine is: PL 01502/0016R
Marketing Authorisation Holder:
Manufacturer
For any information about this medicine, please contact the Marketing Authorisation Holder
This leaflet was last approved 2008-08-18
44171/42/08
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