Glycopyrrolate (injection)

🧮 Dose calculator

General anaesthesia and premedication (adjunct) · Regimen source: FDA Glycopyrrolate inj · Dosage and Administration

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👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

  Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Glycopyrrolate inj · Pregnancy

  “Teratogenic Effects Pregnancy Category B: Reproduction studies with glycopyrrolate were performed in rats at a dietary dose of approximately 65 mg/kg/day (exposure was approximately 320 times the maximum recommended daily human dose of 2 mg on a mg/m 2 basis) and rabbits at intramuscular doses of up to 0.5 mg/kg/day …”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

  Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Glycopyrrolate inj · Nursing Mothers

  “Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when glycopyrrolate injection is administered to a nursing woman.”

• 👶 ChildrenUse with caution

  Label: paediatric pre-anaesthetic dosing (0.004 mg/kg); not in neonates under 1 month (benzyl alcohol); not established for peptic ulcer. FDA Glycopyrrolate inj · Pediatric Use

  “Due to its benzyl alcohol content, glycopyrrolate injection should not be used in neonates, i.e., patients less than 1 month of age.”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

  Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Glycopyrrolate inj · Geriatric Use

  “In general, dose selection for an elderly patient should be cautious, usually starting at the low end of the dosing range, reflecting the greater frequency of decreased hepatic, renal, or cardiac function, and of concomitant disease or other therapy.”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

  The source for this drug has no section for this group.