Nesiritide

Nesiritide
Nesiritide
Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.com monograph
Pregnancy cat.  ?
Legal status  ?
Routes IV only
Identifiers
CAS number 124584-08-3 N
ATC code C01DX19
PubChem CID 16134381
DrugBank DB04899
UNII P7WI8UL647 N
ChEMBL CHEMBL1201668 N
Chemical data
Formula C143H244N50O42S4 
Mol. mass 3464 gm/mol
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Nesiritide (Natrecor) is the recombinant form of the 32 amino acid human B-type natriuretic peptide, which is normally produced by the ventricular myocardium. Nesiritide works to facilitate cardiovascular fluid homeostasis through counterregulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldoesterone system, stimulating cyclic guanosine monophosphate, leading to smooth muscle cell relaxation.

Neseritide was believed initially to be beneficial for acute decompensated congestive heart failure. It received FDA approval for this purpose in 2001 after initial non-approval. In July 2011 the results of the largest study so far for nesiritide was published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) showed that nesiritide was not associated with a change in mortality or re-hospitalizations.[1]

Contents

Administration

Nesiritide is only administered intravenously, usually by bolus, followed by IV infusion. For most adults and the elderly, a normal dosage is 2 micrograms/kilogram followed by a continuous IV infusion of 0.01 mcg/kg/minute. This may be increased every three hours for a maximum of 0.03 mcg/kg/min.

Side effects

Common side effects include:

More rare side effects include:

References

  1. ^ O'Connor (2011). New England Journal of Medicine 365 (32). doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1100171. PMID 21732835. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21732835. Retrieved 9 July 2011. 

Science or Fiction: Use of Nesiritide as a First-Line Agent? John A. Noviasky, Pharm.D., Michael Kelberman, M.D., Karen M. Whalen, B.S., Roy Guharoy, Pharm.D., William Darko, Pharm.D.[1]

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