What is Dopamine?

Category: Prescription Drugs

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Dopamine is used as an adjunct in the treatment of shock related to heart attack, open heart surgery, renal failure, and heart failure. It is also used for symptomatic bradycardia (slow heart rate) or heart block unresponsive to other interventions.

Reported purpose & perceived effectiveness
Purpose Patients Evaluations Perceived Effectiveness
Acute renal failure 8 0
Improve mobility 1 2
Intestinal malrotation 1 0
Low blood pressure 1 1
Parkinson's disease 1 0
Stiffness 1 2

  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell

Side effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Side effects as an overall problem
Severity Evaluations Percentage
Severe 0
Moderate 0
Mild 0
None 3

Commonly reported side effects and conditions associated with Dopamine

Side effect Patients Percentage

Why patients stopped taking Dopamine

Multiple reasons could be selected

Reason Patients Percentage
Doctor's advice 2
Course of treatment ended 1
Other 1
See all 3 patients who've stopped taking Dopamine

Duration

Stopped taking Dopamine

Duration Patients Percentage
Less than 1 month 1
1 - 6 months 1
Adherence
Adherence Evaluations Percentage
Always 3
Usually 0
Sometimes 0
Never taken as prescribed 0
Burden
Burden Evaluations Percentage
Very hard to take 0
Somewhat hard to take 0
A little hard to take 0
Not at all hard to take 3
Cost per month
Cost per month Evaluations Percentage
$200+ 0
$100-199 0
$50-99 0
$25-49 0
< $25 2
Not specified 1
Last updated:
There are no evaluations for Dopamine.