MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
Department of Pharmacy
Department of Nursing
Critical Care
| Generic Name: | Bumetanide |
| Trade Name: | Bumex |
| Action: | Diuretic |
| Indications: | Non-formulary drug, only used when
less expensive loop diuretics are contraindicated Congestive heart failure Acute/Chronic Renal Failure Edema |
| Administration Guidelines: | |
| Usual Dosage Range and Route: | SINGLE DOSE: 2.5 to 10 mg IVP OVER
3 to 5 MINUTES 24 HOUR CUMULATIVE: 30 mg |
| Special Considerations: | - Enhances activity of antihypertensives,
neuromuscular blocking agents, and digoxin - Ototoxicity / renal toxicity may be enhanced with co- administration of aminoglycosides |
| Precautions and Side Effects: | - Hypovolemia - Hypokalemia - Hyponatremia - Hypomagnesemia - Transient Deafness |
Rev 9/00