Drug details
Ammonul (sodium phenylacetate and sodium benzoate injection)
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Ammonul (sodium phenylacetate and sodium benzoate) is a urea cycle disorder treatment agent used as adjunctive therapy to treat excess ammonia in the blood (acute hyperammonemia) and associated brain disease or damage (encephalopathy) in patients with deficiencies in enzymes of the urea cycle.
This drug may have the following side effects:
- nausea,
- vomiting,
- diarrhea,
- low blood pressure (hypotension),
- fever, and
- injection site reactions,
- high blood sugar (hyperglycemia),
- infection