Dopacef 200mg Injection

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Last updated on 14 Apr 2026 | 04:20 PM (IST)

Dopacef 200mg Injection is a medicine used for the treatment of low blood pressure due to heart attack, infection, heart surgery, or trauma. It is also useful in heart failure. It increases the blood pressure by increasing pumping capacity of the heart and improving blood flow in the body.

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General Information

Contains

Dopamine (200mg)

Marketer

Chandra Bhagat Pharma Pvt Ltd

Storage

Store below 30°C

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Product introduction

Dopacef 200mg Injection also improves urine output and may help to prevent kidney failure in critically ill patients. It is administered under the supervision of a doctor as it requires continuous blood pressure monitoring. The dose has to be individually adjusted as per the patient's response to the therapy. You should continue all your other medicines that are advised by the doctor for your long-term treatment even after this injection. Your doctor may advise for regular monitoring of blood pressure.

Side effects of this medicine include palpitations, tachycardia (increased heart rate), and headache. You must inform the doctor if you are suffering from any liver or kidney disease. Also, let your doctor know about all the other medications that you are using regularly.

Uses of Dopacef Injection

Benefits of Dopacef Injection

Low blood pressure
Dopacef 200mg Injection is used to normalise decreased blood pressure (hypotension) which may occur all of a sudden during an operation, severe infection (sepsis) or due to an emergency condition (cardiac arrest). This medicine helps to bring back the blood pressure within normal range and therefore prevents any sudden fall or even serious complications that might have otherwise followed due to low blood pressure.

Side effects of Dopacef Injection

Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them

Common side effects of Dopacef

Flushing (sense of warmth in the face, ears, neck and trunk)
Headache
Increased heart rate
Palpitations

How to use Dopacef Injection

Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Kindly do not self administer.

How Dopacef Injection works

Dopacef 200mg Injection is a sympathomimetic agonist. It works on the receptors in the kidney, gut, brain and heart thereby relaxing the blood vessels in these organs. This restores the poor blood supply and oxygen delivery to these organs. It also causes an increase in urine production in the kidneys and protects them from injury.

Quick tips

It is given into the vein as a drip by a healthcare professional.
Regular monitoring of heartbeat, blood pressure, urine output, liver and kidney function is required while taking Dopacef 200mg Injection.
Inform your doctor if you are pregnant, planning pregnancy or breastfeeding.
It is given into the vein as a drip by a healthcare professional.
Inform your doctor if you are pregnant, planning pregnancy or breastfeeding.

Safety advice

Alcohol

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR

It is not known whether it is safe to consume alcohol with Dopacef 200mg Injection. Please consult your doctor.

Pregnancy

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR

Dopacef 200mg Injection is not recommended during pregnancy as there is positive evidence of fetal risk based on animal studies. However, it may still be prescribed by a doctor in situations where the benefits outweigh the risks.

Breast feeding

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR

Information regarding the use of Dopacef 200mg Injection during breastfeeding is not available. Please consult your doctor.

Driving

NOT RELEVANT

Not relevant, as Dopacef 200mg Injection is intended for use in hospitalized patients.

Kidney

CAUTION

Dopacef 200mg Injection should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. Dose adjustment may be needed.

Liver

CAUTION

Dopacef 200mg Injection should be used with caution in patients with liver disease. Dose adjustment may be needed.

Interaction with drugs

Taking Dopacef with any of the following medicines can modify the effect of either of them and cause some undesirable side effects

Severe

Isoflurane (Inhalation Route)

Your doctor may regularly monitor your blood potassium levels and ECG during the simultaneous use of these medicines.

Severe

Phenytoin (Oral Route)

If concurrent use is essential, your doctor may monitor your blood pressure frequently. Dopamine may raise blood levels of Phenytoin and its active form.

Severe

Phenytoin (Injection Route)

If concurrent use is essential, your doctor may monitor your blood pressure frequently. Dopamine may raise blood levels of Phenytoin and its active form.

Severe

Sevoflurane (Oral Route)

Do not consume Sevoflurane with Dopamine.

Severe

Tranylcypromine (Oral Route)

Do not consume Tranylcypromine with Dopamine. If concurrent use is essential, please consult your doctor.

Fact Box

Chemical Class

Catecholamine derivative

Habit Forming

Therapeutic Class

CARDIAC

Action Class

Beta-Adrenergic Inotropes

References

Maron BA, Rocco TP. Pharmacotherapy of Congestive Heart Failure. In: Brunton LL, Chabner BA, Knollmann BC, editors. Goodman & Gilman’s: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. 12th ed. New York, New York: McGraw-Hill Medical; 2011. pp. 804-805.
Biaggioni I, Robertson D. Adrenoreceptor Agonists & Sympathomimetic Drugs. In: Katzung BG, Masters SB, Trevor AJ, editors. Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. 11th ed. New Delhi, India: Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited; 2009. p. 139.
Briggs GG, Freeman RK, editors. A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk: Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health; 2015. p. 421.
Teerlink JR, Sliwa K, Opie LH. Heart Failure. In: Opie LH, Gersh BJ, editors. Drugs for the Heart. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Elsevier Saunders; 2013. pp. 178-79.
Dopamine hydrochloride. Lake Forest, Illinois: Hospira, Inc.; 2014. [Accessed 15 Mar. 2019] (online) Available from:
Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO). Dopamine. [Accessed 15 Mar. 2019] (online) Available from:
Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed) [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2006. Dopamine. [Updated 2018 Dec 3]. [Accessed 19 Feb. 2020] (online) Available from:

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Marketer details

Name: Chandra Bhagat Pharma Pvt Ltd
Address: 501, The Bureau, R C MARG, Nr.Chembur Naka, Chembur East, Mumbai - 400071

Vendor Details

Country of origin: India
A licensed vendor partner from your nearest location will deliver Dopacef 200mg Injection. Once the pharmacy accepts your order, the details of the pharmacy will be shared with you. Acceptance of your order is based on the validity of your doctor's ℞ and the availability of this medicine.

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Address: 5th Floor Tower - B of the Presidency Building, 46/4 Mehrauli Gurgaon Road, Sector 14, Gurugram, Haryana-122001, India

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General Information

Contains

Marketer

Storage

Product introduction

Uses of Dopacef Injection

Benefits of Dopacef Injection

Side effects of Dopacef Injection

How to use Dopacef Injection

How Dopacef Injection works

Quick tips

Safety advice

Alcohol

Pregnancy

Breast feeding

Driving

Kidney

Liver

Interaction with drugs

Isoflurane (Inhalation Route)

Phenytoin (Oral Route)

Phenytoin (Injection Route)

Sevoflurane (Oral Route)

Tranylcypromine (Oral Route)

Fact Box

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Habit Forming

Therapeutic Class

Action Class

References

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