Vitrase is a genitically-premeditated protein developed by ISTA Pharmaceuticals. Vitrase helps your body absorb other injected medications. It is also used to help contrast dyes in your body show more visibly on certain types of x-rays or scans.

Vitrase injection is used to increase the effectiveness of local anesthesia or any of three enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of hyaluronic acid and similar glycosaminoglycans, found in snake and spider venom, in mammalian testicular and spleen tissue, and formed by various pathogenic bacteria, enabling them to spread through tissues; a preparation from mammalian testes is used to aid absorption and dispersion of other injected drugs and fluids, for hypodermoclysis, and for improving resorption of radiopaque media thereby increasing the tissue permeability to fluids. One or more of these enzymes arise in the testes and in spermatozoa.

Before taking Vitrase, to know if you have any of these conditions, allergy to bee stings or other insectsan unusual reaction to Hyaluronidase, cow proteins, sheep proteins, other medicines, foods, dyes, or preservatives pregnant or trying to get pregnant breast-feeding. This medicine is given as an injection in the skin.  Generic hyaluronidase ovine injection is not existing. Antihistamines, aspirin and related drugs may interact with Vitrase.

Overdose of the Vitrase may include itching or swelling where the injection was given. Other least possible symptoms include chills, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, fast heartbeat or fainting. Possible side effects of Vitrase are chest pain or chest tightness, dizziness, rapid heart beat or racing heart shortness of breath or difficulty breathing skin rash, hives or itching swelling of the face, lips, neck, ears, arms or legs throat tightness.