(USE IN PREGNANCY)Prevents seizures in a pregnant woman with severe toxemia (eclampsia)
Contraindications:
You should not receive this medicine if you have had an allergic reaction to magnesium sulfate, or if you have heart block (a problem with heart rhythm, sometimes requiring a pacemaker), or severe kidney disease
Uses:
Injectable
Your doctor will prescribe your exact dose and tell you how often it should be given.
An intravenous (in-tra-VEEN-us) or IV injection is given through a tube put in one of your veins, usually in your arm, wrist, hand, or sometimes in your chest.
This medicine may need to be given slowly, sometimes over several hours.
A nurse or other caregiver trained to give injections will give your treatment.
Special precautions:
Before taking, tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to any medications. tell your doctor and pharmacist what prescription and nonprescription medications, vitamins, nutritional supplements, and herbal products you are taking. tell your doctor if you have or have ever had heart failure or liver disease. tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding. If you become pregnant while taking, call your doctor
Make sure your doctor knows if you are also using antibiotics like gentamicin or streptomycin, diuretics (water pills), cyclosporine (Sandimmune®), digitalis (Lanoxin®), amphotericin B (Abelcet®, Fungizone®), or cisplatin (Platinol®).
Make sure your doctor knows if you drink alcohol.
Warnings:
If you are breastfeeding, talk to your doctor before receiving this medicine.
Make sure your doctor knows if you have kidney disease.
Side Effects:
Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
Flushing or sweating
Lightheadedness or dizziness, especially when standing up
