What is DDAVP used to treat?

Desmopressin is a man-made form of vasopressin and is used to replace a low level of vasopressin. This medication helps to control increased thirst and too much urination due to these conditions, and helps prevent dehydration. Desmopressin is also used to control nighttime bedwetting in children.

Why is DDAVP given?

Desmopressin (DDAVP®) is used to help stop bleeding in patients with von Willebrand’s disease or mild hemophilia A. DDAVP causes the release of von Willebrand’s antigen from the platelets and the cells that line the blood vessels where it is stored.

What are the indications for desmopressin?

Desmopressin is indicated for the treatment of polyuric conditions including primary nocturnal enuresis, nocturia, and diabetes insipidus. It was also newly approved for the treatment of mild classical hemophilia and von Willebrand’s disease for minor surgeries.

What is the action DDAVP?

DDAVP induces an increase in plasma levels of von Willebrand factor (VWF), coagulation factor VIII (FVIII), and tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA). It also has a vasodilatory action. In spite of its extensive clinical use, its cellular mechanism of action remains incompletely understood.

What type of drug is DDAVP?

DDAVP (desmopressin acetate) is an antidiuretic and antihemorrhagic drug used to treat bed-wetting, central cranial diabetes insipidus, and increased thirst and urination caused by head surgery or head trauma. DDAVP is also used to treat bleeding due to platelet dysfunction. DDAVP is available in generic form.

What does DDAVP stand for in medical terms?

Abbreviation for “1-desamino-8-d-arginine vasopressin.” DDAVP is a synthetic version of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) originally developed to treat diabetes insipidus.

What class of medication is DDAVP?

Desmopressin is also used to control bed-wetting. Desmopressin is in a class of medications called hormones. It works by replacing vasopressin, a hormone that is normally produced in the body to help balance the amount of water and salt.

Is vasopressin same as DDAVP?

Desmopressin (1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin; DDAVP) is a synthetic analog of vasopressin that mediates vasopressin type-2 receptor effects but without the usual vasopressor action.

Does DDAVP increase platelets?

We show that in vivo DDAVP selectively and markedly enhances the ability to form procoagulant platelets and increases platelet-dependent thrombin generation by enhancing Na+/Ca2+ mobilization.

Is DDAVP anticholinergic?

Desmopressin Acetate (DDAVP) Imipramine. Anticholinergics. Summary.

Is Stimate available?

Bausch Health has desmopressin nasal spray on back order and the company estimates a release date of late-October 2021. CSL Behring has Stimate nasal spray on back order and the company estimates the product will not be available until 2022.