PROTA 50MG INJECTION

Introduction:

Prota 50mg Injection contains protamine sulfate. It is used to treat heparin overdose. Heparin is used to treat blood clots. The blood-thinning effect of heparin usually disappears within hours of discontinuation of the drug. Mild bleeding due to heparin can be controlled without an antidote. If severe bleeding occurs, protamine sulfate is used to neutralize the effect of heparin and prevents it from thinning the blood too much.

Talk to your physician if you are allergic to fish, insulin-dependent diabetic patient, ever had heart surgery, or if you are an infertile man or have had a vasectomy. Prota 50mg Injection is not recommended for children aged twelve years and younger. You need to inform your physician about all the medications you are taking recently, including the medicines obtained without a prescription.

Uses of Prota 50mg Injection:

• Treats heparin overdose

How Prota 50mg Injection works:

Prota 50mg Injection binds to the heparin and forms an inactive complex, which doesn’t have a blood-thinning effect and reduces bleeding.

Interactions with other drugs:

Inform your doctor about any medications you are taking or have taken before the treatment.

More information:

• Keep Prota 50mg Injection out of sight and reach of children. 
• Store between 15°C and 25°C.

References:

1. Goodman & Gilman’s, The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, Blood coagulation and anticoagulant, fibrinolytic, and antiplatelet drugs, 12th edition, 2011, 858 - 859.
2. KD Tripathi, Essentials of Medical Pharmacology, Drugs affecting coagulation, bleeding, and thrombosis, 7th edition, 2013, 620.
3. Wockhardt UK Ltd, Electronic medicines compendium (emc), [Revised on March 2018] [ Accessed on 31th July 2021], https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/files/pil.8.pdf

How to use Prota 50mg Injection:

It will be given to you by your health care professional.

Safety advice:

Pregnancy:

You need to inform your physician know if you are pregnant before the administration of Prota 50mg Injection. 

Breastfeeding:

You need to inform the physician know if you are breastfeeding before the administration of Prota 50mg Injection.

Others:

• Consult your physician if you are allergic to fish, an insulin-dependent diabetic patient, ever had heart surgery, or if you are an infertile man or have had a vasectomy.

Side effects are unwanted symptoms caused by medicines. Even though all medicines cause side effects, not everyone gets them.

Common:

• Low or high blood pressure
• Shortness of breath
• Flushing, feeling of warmth in the body
• Feeling sick, tiredness
• Injection site reactions (redness, pain, swelling)