Drug name: Panangin

Other names used:

• Asparcam®

Active Ingredients:

• Kalium Aspartate
• Magnesium Aspartate

Therapeutic effects of Panangin: Panangin encourages myocardial metabolism, it also enhances the tolerance to digitalics, and also possesses antiarithmic effect.

Indications: Panangin tablets are used to treat:

• Chest pain (Angina pectoris)
• Myocardial Infarction (Infarct and Post-infarct arrhythmias)
• Arrhythmias provoked by the intolerance to digitalics
• Heart Rhythm Disorders
• Digitalic intoxication

Precautions and Restrictions: Do not use this medicine if you have the following conditions:

• Acute and chronic kidney failure.
• Abnormally high concentration of potassium ions in the blood (hyperpotassiemia) and disorder of the atrioventricular conductivity.
• This medicine is also administered to patients with heartbeat rate disorder which is associated with atrio-ventricular block.

Side effects of Panangin: There are certain side effects of Panangin tablets that may affect some people. But it is not certain that these side effects will take place in all people. Some of the side effects of Panangin are:

• Perspiration, asthenia, myasthenia, numbness and tingling in the skin (paresthesia), vertigo, below normal or absent reflexes (hyporeflexia), irritation, vein thrombosis, inflammation of a veins in the leg (phlebit), Hypotension, bragicardia, dry mouth, bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract, gas, ulcer, abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, or urge to vomit.
• In case, any person wants to know about the entire list of adverse effects of Panangin then take the advice of a medical expert or read the information given with this medicine.

Before using Panangin tablets it is best to consult your physician and explain to him the treatment or medicines you are using and also get a prescription from your doctor before starting any new drug. This is to make sure that the combination of the two drugs is safe.

• The following medicines can increase the risk of hyperkaliemia: non-steriodal anti-inflammatiory drugs, inhibitors of APF, heparin, diuretic drugs that do not promote the secretion of potassium into the urine, cyclosporine, and beta-blocker.
• Panangin taken with general anesthetic drugs can intensify inhibitory action on the central nervous system.
• Panangin when taken along with succsametoniem, succinylchloride, dekametonim, and athracuronim may result in increased neuromuscular blockade.
• Panangin with binding and covering agents will reduce the absorption capacity in the gastrointestinal tract.

Additional Information: Medicines and certain medical equipments should not be used without prior approval of a doctor and don't share these drugs with anybody else. Panangin tablets are made for specific conditions and it's not advisable to use it for other purposes. Keep medicinal drugs, needles, syringes and other such medical substances out of the reach of children.