Can epinephrine injection(I.M.) one cuase for hypoglycemia?

Cardiovascular side effects have included elevations in heart rate or blood pressure in up to 55% and arrhythmias in 3% to 17% (including fatal ventricular arrhythmias) when used to treat cardiac arrest. In smaller doses, epinephrine has caused peripheral coronary arterial vasodilation, but in larger doses, epinephrine has caused diffuse vasoconstriction. This has caused increased peripheral vascular resistance, which was important in patients with coronary artery disease (worsened myocardial ischemia/angina) or hypertension (risk of emergent hypertension/stroke). Dilated cardiomyopathy and acute left ventricular dysfunction have been associated with the use of epinephrine.

Arrhythmias, including fatal ventricular fibrillation, have been reported in patients with underlying cardiac disease. Rapid rises in blood pressure have produced cerebral hemorrhage, particularly in elderly patients with cardiovascular disease. Angina may occur in patients with coronary artery disease.

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Epinephrine can induce hypokalemia with resultant T wave changes on the electrocardiogram.

Rare cases of myocardial infarction have been associated with relatively small doses of epinephrine in patients at risk for coronary artery disease.

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As a matter of facts it could cause hypertension, high blood pressure, please do talk to your doc who prescribed the med., take care, be safe & well!