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This is what I found per google.com search:

dVDAVP, 1-deamino-[4-valine, 8-D-arginine] vasopressin

Dawn :o)

BNB FABRICS wrote:

> Well, thanks to a nasty snowstorm and Fed-Ex's inability to

> deliver my packet on Friday or Sat., I am woefully behind and

> rather stuck.

>

> Patient is being evaluated for a heart murmur. In his list of

> medications the doctor includes dVDAVP 0.2 mg. intranasal qHS.

>

> I can't find this on Rx list, in Quick Look, or Drake & Drake.

> Anybody

> have any ideas?

>

> Thanks a bunch:)

>

> in Iowa

>

>

>

>

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This is from Quick Look: (dVDAVP must include the 4-valine as in my

previous email)

desmopressin acetate(des moe PRES in AS e tate)

Synonyms

1-deamino-8-d-arginine vasopressin

U.S./Canadian Brand Names

DDAVP®

Octostim® (Can)

Stimate®

Therapeutic Category

Vasopressin Analog, Synthetic

Use

Treatment of diabetes insipidus and controlling bleeding in certain

types of hemophilia

Usual Dosage

Children:

Diabetes insipidus: 3 months to 12 years: Intranasal: Initial: 5

mcg/day divided 1-2 times/day; range: 5-30 mcg/day divided 1-2 times/day

Hemophilia: >3 months: I.V.: 0.3 mcg/kg by slow infusion; may repeat

dose if needed

Nocturnal enuresis: ?6 years: Intranasal: Initial: 20 mcg at bedtime;

range: 10-40 mcg

Adults:

Diabetes insipidus: I.V., S.C.: 2-4 mcg/day in 2 divided doses or 1/10

of the maintenance intranasal dose; intranasal: 5-40 mcg/day 1-3

times/day

Hemophilia: I.V.: 0.3 mcg/kg by slow infusion

Dosage Forms

Desmopressin acetate:

Injection (DDAVP®): 4 mcg/mL (1 mL)

Solution, nasal:

DDAVP®: 100 mcg/mL (2.5 mL, 5 mL)

Stimate®: 1.5 mg/mL (2.5 mL)

Tablet (DDAVP®): 0.1 mg, 0.2 mg

Dawn :o)

BNB FABRICS wrote:

> Well, thanks to a nasty snowstorm and Fed-Ex's inability to

> deliver my packet on Friday or Sat., I am woefully behind and

> rather stuck.

>

> Patient is being evaluated for a heart murmur. In his list of

> medications the doctor includes dVDAVP 0.2 mg. intranasal qHS.

>

> I can't find this on Rx list, in Quick Look, or Drake & Drake.

> Anybody

> have any ideas?

>

> Thanks a bunch:)

>

> in Iowa

>

>

>

>

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