DESCRIPTION
Atropine Sulfate Injection. Pre-anesthetic adjuvant or to reduce salivation, bronchial secretion or internal peristalsis associated with colic or diarrhea. For us as an antidote for parasympathomimetic drugs.
INDICATIONS:
For use as an antidote in the treatment of organophosphate insecticide poisoning; to reduce salivation, bronchial secretions, or intestinal peristalsis and as a preanesthetic adjuvant.
DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION:
DIRECTIONS Inject intravenously, intramuscularly, or subcutaneously, 1 mL for each 20 lbs of body weight as a preanesthetic adjuvant, or to reduce salivation, bronchial secretions, or intestinal peristalsis.
As an antidote for parasympathomimetic drugs, inject 1 mL for each 7.5 lbs of body weight administered to effect and repeated as necessary. Itis suggested that ½ of the dosage be injected intravenously and the remainder intramuscularly or subcutaneously.
Warnings: Poisonous alkaloid.
Antidotes: warmth, emetics, cholinergic
WITHDRAWAL PERIOD
- Milk: 6 days
- Meat: 28 days