Symptoms: a decrease in blood pressure (systolic blood pressure below 90 mm Hg), collapse, fainting, headache, dizziness, palpitations, visual disorders, hyperthermia, convulsions, skin hyperemia, increased sweating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, with high doses of isosorbide dinitrate - methemoglobinemia (cyanosis, anoxia), hyperpnoea, dyspnoea, bradycardia, increased intracranial pressure, paralysis, coma.
Treatment: discontinue further administration of the drug. It is necessary to lower the head of the bed and raise the patient's legs. As a rule, blood pressure is normalized within 15-20 minutes after discontinuation of the drug administration.
In case of severe arterial hypotension and / or shock, the volume of circulating blood should be compensated. In exceptional cases, to maintain blood circulation, you can enter
norepinephrine (noradrenaline) and / or
dopamine.
The introduction of epinephrine (adrenaline) and related compounds is contraindicated!
With methemoglobinemia, depending on the degree of severity, the following antidotes are recommended:
1. Ascorbic acid: 1.0 g orally or as sodium salt intravenously.
2. Oxygenotherapy, hemodialysis, exchange blood transfusion.