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)