Tenecteplase

Notes 

Patients need to be aware of the potential side-effects of the medicine prior to administration

The following statement outlines important key messages and should be read to the patient

prior to administration:

"your ECG (heart tracing) shows that you are having a heart attack. The best treatment or

you right now is a clot dissolving drug called Tenecteplase, and the sooner you receive this

medication, the lower your risk of long-term, severe heart muscle damage.

Before l give you this medication, l want to let you know the potential risks

The most serious risk of receiving this medication is stroke which affects about 1 in 100 patients.

Other risks include bleeding which is not life-threatening and occurs in approximately 4 in 100

patients treated. Some patients can have an allergic reaction or other effects that are generally

not cause or concern. We can manage these bleeding and allergy risks if they occur on the way

to hospital.

The risks l have just listed will be the same if we delay, and you then go on to receive this

treatment in hospital. The longer his treatment is delayed the worse the damage to your heart

muscle will be."