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MHRA safety alert: hyoscine butylbromide (Buscopan) injection

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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) reports that prescribing information for hyoscine butylbromide (Buscopan) injection has been updated to help to minimise the risk of serious adverse reactions in patients with cardiac disease.1

Hyoscine butylbromide, given intravenously or intramuscularly, is indicated in acute muscular spasm, as in renal or …

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