Drug details

Survanta (beractant)

type of Lung Surfactants

Survanta (beractant) Intratracheal Suspension is a pulmonary surfactant made from animal lung extract and is used to treat or prevent respiratory distress syndrome in newborn infants.

This drug may have the following side effects:
  • noisy breathing,
  • feeding or bowel problems, or
  • bleeding around the endotracheal tube.
The following drugs are related to Survanta, either as a replacement or used together:
  • Infasurf (calfactant)
  • Genosyl (nitric oxide for inhalation use)
  • Surfaxin (lucinactant intratracheal suspension)