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What is dobutamine used for in the body?
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See below: Dobutamine is used when there is a poor contraction of the heart muscle either associated or not with pulmonary hypertension and low blood pressure. Dobutamine is used to increase cardiac output and muscle contractivity.
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Several things: In the brain as a neurotransmitter and elsewhere as a precursor to other catecholamines such as Epinephrine and norepinephrine.
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