User:Mr. Ibrahem/Terlipressin

Terlipressin, sold under the brand names Teripress among others, is a medication used to treat bleeding esophageal varices and kidney problems in hepatorenal syndrome. In these conditions it decreases the risk of death. It is given by injection into a vein.

Common side effects include abdominal pain, nausea, respiratory failure, and diarrhea. Other side effects may include mesenteric ischemia and heart ischemia. Use during pregnancy may harm the baby. It is a vasopressin receptor activator.

Terlipressin has been in medical use in various parts of the world since 1975. It was approved for medical use in the United States in 2022. In the United Kingdom it costs the NHS about £18 for 1 mg vial as of 2021.