Department of Pharmacy
Department of Nursing
Critical Care
| Generic Name: | Atropine |
| Trade Name: | |
| Action: | Anticholinergic Agent |
| Indications: | Bradyarrhythmias Digoxin Overdose Anticholinesterase overdose |
| Administration Guidelines: | |
| Usual Dosage Range and Route: | Dose: 0.5 to 1.0 mg IVP * MAY BE ADMINISTERED WITHOUT A PHYSICIANS' ORDER DURING AN UNANTICIPATED EPISODE OF SYMPTOMATIC BRADYCARDIA * Suggested Dosing Schedule: 0.5 mg EVERY 5 MINUTES UP TO A TOTAL OF 2 mg In a 24 hour period: 4.0 mg < 50 years 3.0 mg > 50 years # Anticholinesterase overdose: 2-4mg every 5 to 10 minutes until muscarinic symptoms disappear, up to 200mg total dose on 1st day. |
| Special Considerations: | - Administration of doses less than 0.5 mg
may produce paradoxical bradycardia - Side effects may be observed for 12 to 36 hours after administration - Should be used with caution in patients with closed angle glaucoma |
| Precautions and Side Effects: | - Sustained hypertension - Increased intracranial pressure - Tachycardia, angina - Urinary retention - Constipation - Anticholinergic side effects:
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#Notify pharmacy, treatment may deplete hospital inventory.
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