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Last Updated: June 22, 2026 TL;DR: Aprotinin Injection — a sterile, clear, colourless aqueous solution of aprotinin, a naturally derived bovine polypeptide that acts as a broad-spectrum serine protease inhibitor with antifibrinolytic activity, inhibiting trypsin, plasmin and plasma and tissue kallikrein, supplied commonly as a 10,000 KIU/mL solution given by slow intravenous injection and infusion after a mandatory test dose — is a specialist hospital medicine used to reduce

Last Updated: June 22, 2026 TL;DR: Levosulpiride Injection — a sterile, clear, colourless aqueous solution of levosulpiride, the pharmacologically active levo-enantiomer of the substituted-benzamide sulpiride, which works through a dual mechanism as a selective dopamine D2 receptor antagonist and a serotonin 5-HT4 receptor agonist to give it combined prokinetic, antiemetic and antipsychotic activity, supplied commonly as a 25 mg/2 mL solution in an ampoule given by intramuscu

Last Updated: June 21, 2026 TL;DR: Methylergonovine Maleate Injection — a sterile, clear, colourless aqueous solution of methylergonovine (methylergometrine) maleate, a semi-synthetic ergot alkaloid uterotonic that directly stimulates uterine smooth muscle to produce a rapid, sustained contraction, supplied commonly as a 0.2 mg/mL solution in a 1 mL amber ampoule given intramuscularly or, in emergencies, by slow intravenous injection — is an essential obstetric medicine for t

Last Updated: June 21, 2026 TL;DR: Dopamine HCL Injection — a sterile, clear, colourless to faintly straw-coloured aqueous solution of dopamine hydrochloride, an endogenous catecholamine whose action is dose-dependent across dopaminergic, beta-1 adrenergic and alpha-adrenergic receptors, supplied commonly as a 40 mg/mL concentrate in a 200 mg/5 mL ampoule or vial that is diluted before a closely titrated continuous intravenous infusion — is a frontline intensive-care agent fo

Last Updated: June 20, 2026 TL;DR: Dobutamine HCL Injection — a sterile, clear, colourless to faintly straw-coloured aqueous solution of dobutamine hydrochloride, a synthetic catecholamine and predominantly beta-1 adrenergic agonist inotrope, supplied commonly as a 12.5 mg/mL concentrate in a 250 mg/20 mL vial that is diluted before a closely titrated continuous intravenous infusion — is a frontline intensive-care agent for short-term inotropic support in acute decompensated

Last Updated: June 20, 2026 TL;DR: Adrenaline Injection (Epinephrine) — a sterile, clear, colourless aqueous solution of adrenaline (epinephrine), an endogenous catecholamine and non-selective alpha- and beta-adrenergic agonist, supplied commonly as a 1 mg/mL (1:1000) solution in a 1 mL ampoule for intramuscular use and as a 0.1 mg/mL (1:10000) presentation for slow intravenous use in resuscitation — is the single most time-critical emergency injectable in any hospital, ambul