Person receives milrinone continuously 24/7 and wants to know how long can they stay on it? What is the longest time someone had been on it?
How long can a person stay on Milrinone?
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- 15 Jan 2010 by LynnL.
- Topics:
- heart failure, milrinone
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suzanne6628 Jan 2010
"There is no experience in controlled trials with infusions of Milrinone for periods exceeding 48 hours." ... taken from http://www.drugs.com/pro/milrinone.html
11 Nov 2010
My father has been on it for about 5 days now, and is expected to stay on it until he can receive a donor heart... could be months. I don't really know why the fact sheet says no more than 48 hours. A person would have to stay on milrinone until they either have a heart transplant, or decide how they want their belongings split up, as it is prescribed for patients suffering from chronic heart failure.
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