1. Hypersensitivity to any of the components of the preparation (carboprost, tromethamine, sodium chloride, benzyl alcohol). 2. Patients with known active cardiac, pulmonary, renal, or hepatic disease. 3. Acute pelvic inflammatory disease.
WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS General HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION (carboprost tromethamine), like other potent oxytocic agents, should be used with strict adherence to recommended dosages, by medically trained personnel in hospital surroundings with appropriate intensive care and acute surgical facilities.
HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION should not be used for induction of labour. HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION must not be given intravenously. HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION should not be used during pregnancy (see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS, Special Populations, Pregnant Women).
HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION is not indicated in pediatric patients. This product contains benzyl alcohol. Benzyl alcohol has been reported to be associated with a fatal "Gasping Syndrome" in premature infants (see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS, Special Populations, Pediatrics).
Cardiovascular HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION should be used cautiously in patients with a history of hypo- or hypertension, or cardiovascular disease. On rare occasions, cardiovascular collapse has been reported with some of the prostaglandins, so this should always be considered when using HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION.
Nine of 248 patients (4%) treated for postpartum hemorrhage had an increase of blood pressure reported as a side effect. The degree of hypertension was moderate and it is not certain as to whether this was in fact due to a direct effect of HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION or a return to a status of pregnancy-associated hypertension manifest by the correction of hypovolemic shock.
In any event, the cases reported did not require specific therapy for the elevated blood pressure. HEMABATE (carboprost tromethamine) Product Monograph Page 5 of 23 In a post-marketing trial of 333 cases of postpartum hemorrhage, investigator's considered 17 cases (5%) of increased blood pressure to be drug related.
Endocrine and Metabolism HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION should be used cautiously in patients with a history of diabetes. Hematologic Prostaglandins in general affect platelet aggregation by inhibiting it. Clinical experience on the effect of HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION on human coagulation factors is limited.
Due to this lack of information, it is advised that coagulation parameters be measured. HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION should be used cautiously in patients with a history of anemia. Hepatic/Biliary/Pancreatic HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION should be used cautiously in patients with a history of hepatic disease or jaundice.
Immune Chorioamnionitis was identified as a complication contributing to postpartum uterine atony and hemorrhage in eight of 115 patients, 3 of which failed to respond to HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION. This complication during labour may have an inhibitory effect on the uterine response to HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION similar to what has been reported for other oxytocic agents.
Musculoskeletal Animal studies lasting several weeks at high doses have shown that prostaglandins of the E and F series can induce proliferation of bone. Such effects have also been noted in newborn infants who have received prostaglandin E1 during prolonged treatment.
There is no evidence that short term administration of HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION (carboprost tromethamine) can cause similar bone effects. Neurologic HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION should be used cautiously in patients with a history of epilepsy.
Ophthalmologic HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION should be used with caution in patients with a history of glaucoma or raised intra-ocular pressure. HEMABATE (carboprost tromethamine) Product Monograph Page 6 of 23 Renal HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION should be used cautiously in patients with a history of renal disease.
Respiratory HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION should be used cautiously in patients with a history of asthma. Bronchoconstriction has been reported after exposure to HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION, but it is rarely clinically important except in asthmatic patients.
Sensitivity/Resistance Cases of hypersensitivity reactions including anaphylactic reaction, anaphylactic shock, anaphylactoid reaction, and angioedema have been reported in patients treated with HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION in the post-marketing experience (see ADVERSE REACTIONS – Post-Market Adverse Drug Reactions).
Sexual Function/Reproduction HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION should be used cautiously in patients with previously compromised (scarred) uteri. Other Use of HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION is associated with transient pyrexia that may be due to hypothalamic thermoregulation.
Fever was reported by 8 of 115 (7%) patients treated in an open-label clinical trial of patients with postpartum hemorrhage due to uterine atony who had not responded to conventional non-surgical treatment of fundal massage, intravenous oxytocin and/or intramuscular methylergonovine.
Special Populations Pregnant Women:
Animal studies have shown reproductive toxicity and any dose of carboprost that produces increased uterine tone could put the embryo or fetus at risk. HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION is indicated in the postpartum period. It is not indicated for use during pregnancy.
HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION contains benzyl alcohol which can cross the placenta.
Nursing Women:
Human pharmacokinetics studies were not conducted on the excretion of HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION in breast milk. However based on plasma clearance rates it is recommended that breast feeding not occur for at least 6 hours after administration.
Pediatrics:
The safety and efficacy of HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION in the pediatric population have not been established. HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION is not indicated in pediatric patients. HEMABATE (carboprost tromethamine) Product Monograph Page 7 of 23 HEMABATE STERILE SOLUTION contains benzyl alcohol.
Benzyl alcohol has been associated with […]