Vaprisol (conivaptan hydrochloride injection) Premixed in 5%Dextrose, a new formulation of Vaprisol developed by Astellas Pharma US, Inc., hasbeen approved for the treatment of both euvolemic and hypervolemic hyponatremiain hospitalized patients.
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The ampule formulation of Vaprisol, an argininevasopressin receptor antagonist, was originally cleared by the FDA for thetreatment of euvolemic hyponatremia in December 2005 and hypervolemichyponatremia in February 2007.
“This [new] ready-to-use product will be usefulfor hospitals and emergency rooms,” said Joseph Verbalis, MD, professor ofmedicine and physiology at Georgetown University in Washington,D.C.
