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Magnesium Sulfate

2 known interactions
2 brand names

Indications

  • Severe acute asthma, Continuing respiratory deterioration in anaphylaxis
  • Prevention of seizures in pre-eclampsia
  • Treatment of seizures and prevention of seizure recurrence in eclampsia
  • Hypomagnesaemia
  • Hypomagnesaemia maintenance (e.g. in intravenous nutrition)

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Drug Interactions

Moderate interactions

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Safety Information

🤰Pregnancy guidance available
🫘Renal impairment guidance
🫁Hepatic impairment guidance
⚠️Requires renal dose adjustment

Cautions

sulfate With oral use In rapid bowel evacuation—elderly and debilitated patients (in adults)...

Side Effects

sulfate Rare or very rare With oral use Paralytic ileus (in adults) Frequency not known With intravenous use Bone demineralisation (reported in neonates following prolonged or repeated use in pregnanc...

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Brand Names

Magnesium Sulfate(IN, PK, SA, AE, EG, ZA, NG)MgSO4(IN)
Mn

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Source: MedNext Audited Proprietary Dataset

Last reviewed: 2026

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