Desmopressin is used to reduce the symptoms of
diabetes insipidus
or water diabetes, a condition in which the body produces an abnormally excessive amount of urine.
Desmopressin helps to treat
bed wetting
or nocturnal enuresis, a condition of passing urine during sleep at night.
Desmopressin also reduces the excessive thirst and the passage of large amount of urine that occurs after a head injury or a head surgery.
It is also used to treat hemophilia A (a genetic disorder that causes increased bleeding) and
von Willebrand disease
(a bleeding disorder that occurs due to low levels of clotting protein in the blood).
Desmopressin is a hormone which works by mimicking the action of vasopressin, an antidiuretic hormone which helps to balance the amount of water and salt in the body.
⚠️ Warnings
• Caution should be exercised in patients with history of kidney, heart, liver disease,
high blood pressure
, dehydration, fever, severe infection, vomiting, diarrhea, electrolyte imbalance, drowsiness, any allergy, who are taking other medications, elderly, children especially for children less than 6 years old, during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
• It may cause dizziness, do not drive a car or operate machinery while taking this medication.
• It may lead to dehydration; drink adequate fluid.
• Patient may develop with infections, fever, vomiting or diarrhea; if it is so consult with your doctor.
