Dr Bikash dot Com » FDA http://www.drbikash.com Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:50:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 FDA Approves Tolvaptan Tablets for Hyponatremia http://www.drbikash.com/2009/06/03/fda-approves-tolvaptan-tablets-for-hyponatremia/ http://www.drbikash.com/2009/06/03/fda-approves-tolvaptan-tablets-for-hyponatremia/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:04:26 +0000 Dr Bikash http://www.drbikash.com/fda-approves-tolvaptan-tablets-for-hyponatremia/ So FDA, the drug advisory institution of USA now allows Tolvaptan tablets to be used in hospitals where regular sodium monitoring is possible.

The Tolvaptan tablet can be helpful in people with SIADH (Syndrome of Inappropriate Anti Diuretic Hrmone). It seems to have some benifit in hyponatremia in heart failure.

The cost of Tolvaptan is not known yet.

Read about it from DB’s Medical rants who got it from The Nephrology Blog

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