What is the antidote for Activase?
There is no antidote for Activase; if a patient experiences severe bleeding during Activase therapy, immediately discontinue treatment and provide supportive therapy such as tranexamic acid or aminocaproic acid, or fresh frozen plasma or cryoprecipitate if fibrinogen levels are less than 150mg/dL. Stop all other antiplatelet or anticoagulant treatments and investigate (eg, CT brain, CT abdo/pelvis; FBC, coagulation profile [repeat every 2 hours until bleeding controlled]).
References
- Clozel JP, Banken L, Roux S. Aprotinin: an antidote for recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) active in vivo. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1990 Aug;16(2):507-10. doi: 10.1016/0735-1097(90)90612-s. PMID: 1695642.
- Reed M, Kerndt CC, Nicolas D. Alteplase. [Updated 2021 Jul 26]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2021 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499977/
- Activase (alteplase). Activase.com. https://www.activase.com/
- Hughes RE, Tadi P, Bollu PC. TPA Therapy. [Updated 2021 Sep 29]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2021 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482376/
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