23rd February 2024

A 43-year-old man with a history of chronic alcoholic liver disease presents to the emergency department with acute upper abdominal pain and hematemesis.

A 43-year-old man with a history of chronic alcoholic liver disease presents to the emergency department with acute upper abdominal pain and hematemesis. A variceal bleed is suspected and the patient is thereafter resuscitated with plan to undergo endoscopy. His weight is 65kg.

Please prescribe one drug that can be used in the management of this patient to help control the bleeding.