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Desmopressin
Pronounced des-moe-PRESS-in
Brand names: DDAVP
Type: Antidiuretic hormone analog · All Hormone & Endocrine Medicines
What Desmopressin is used for
- Diabetes insipidus (a water-balance disorder)
- Bedwetting in children
- Certain bleeding disorders (von Willebrand disease, mild hemophilia A)
◆ Kidney note
Works on the kidney collecting ducts to concentrate urine; used with caution and close sodium monitoring in kidney disease.
Common side effects
- Headache
- Nausea
- Facial flushing
- Stomach cramps
Important cautions
- Can cause dangerously low blood sodium if too much water is drunk while taking it — fluid intake is often limited on purpose, on medical advice
- Blood sodium is monitored, especially in older adults and children
How it comes
Tablets, nasal spray, injection (hospital). This guide lists forms only — it never lists strengths or doses.
Related medicines — Hormone & Endocrine Medicines
Please note: This page is a patient-education summary, not medical advice, and it deliberately contains no doses. Medicines affect everyone differently — always follow your own prescription and talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine.