Dinoprost (Intra-amniotic)

Brand Names : Prostin F

Before Receiving This Medicine

In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For dinoprost, the following should be considered:

Allergies - Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to dinoprost or other oxytocics (medicines that stimulate the uterus to contract). Also tell your health care professional if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods, preservatives, or dyes.

Other medicines - Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. Tell your doctor if you are taking any prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicine.

Other medical problems - The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of dinoprost. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:

• Anemia (history of) - In some patients, abortion with dinoprost may result in loss of blood that may require a transfusion

• Asthma (or history of) or
• Lung disease - Dinoprost may cause narrowing of the blood vessels in the lungs or narrowing of the lung passages

• Diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes) (history of)

• Epilepsy (or history of) - Rarely, dinoprost has been reported to cause seizures in patients who have epilepsy

• Fibroid tumors of the uterus or
• Uterus surgery (history of) - There is an increased risk of rupture of the uterus

• Glaucoma - Rarely the pressure within the eye has increased and constriction of the pupils has occurred during the use of dinoprost

• Heart or blood vessel disease (or history of) or
• High blood pressure (history of) or
• Low blood pressure (history of) - Dinoprost may cause changes in heart function or blood pressure changes

• Jaundice (history of)

• Kidney disease (or history of)

• Liver disease (or history of) - The body may not get dinoprost out of the bloodstream at the usual rate, which may make the medicine work longer or cause toxic effects