Everything You Know About Meds For Low Blood Pressure

Phenylephrine

Men, you're going to get phenylephrine when your blood pressure drops during surgery. Docs give it to you through an IV! You know what's coming. Keep your guard up! You need close monitoring on this med, including blood tests. Men, part of this is because of necrosis. This is talking about a depression under your skin around the injection site! This side effect is serious and permanent. Sad. Men, tell your doc if you think you've got this! Tell them right away about side effects like peeling skin, pain, and redness around the injection site. Do it for black and blue-green skin discoloration too!

There are more side effects of this med too. So much more! Examples are stomach pain, anxiety, headaches, nausea, reduced pee output, and excess fluid in your lungs. Tell your doc or nurse about these right away. Men, you'll also want to talk about your current meds first. This drug interacts with many, many others. So many others! Two of them are linezolid and procarbazine.