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Short answer Living with amisulpride injection: what to watch for Common questions Related questions Sources**Amisulpride injection, given as a single IV dose in a hospital or surgery center for nausea and vomiting, most often causes chills, a low potassium level on blood tests, pain at the IV site, and a short drop in blood pressure.**
Most of these effects are mild and pass within hours, and your care team is watching you while the medicine is working. The main safety point is that amisulpride can lengthen the QT interval, which is a measure of heart rhythm timing, so it matters if you have heart disease, low potassium or magnesium, or take other medicines that affect QT. Tell your anesthesia or surgical team about every prescription, over-the-counter product, and supplement you take before your procedure. Because this is one low dose rather than daily therapy, the muscle stiffness, restlessness, and hormone changes linked to long-term oral antipsychotics are not expected. Call your clinician if you feel faint, notice a racing or irregular heartbeat, or develop a rash after you go home.
Living with amisulpride injection: what to watch for
Common questions
What are the side effects of Amisulpride Injection?
Amisulpride injection (brand name Barhemsys) is a single low dose given through an IV during or after surgery to prevent or treat nausea and vomiting. The most common effects reported are chills, low potassium on blood tests, pain where the IV sits, low blood pressure during the procedure, and abdominal bloating. It can also lengthen the QT interval, a change in heart rhythm timing, so your care team may check an ECG or potassium level if you have heart disease or take other QT-prolonging medicines. Because it is a single dose, the ongoing effects of daily oral antipsychotics are not expected. Tell your team about fainting, a fast or irregular heartbeat, or a rash.