Treatment of compensatory hypertension,
Controlled hypotension during surgery in patients with inadequate cerebral
circulation
Use during emergency surgery in patients near death.
Congenital (Leber’s) optic atrophy or tobacco amblyopia (associated with absent
or deficient thiosulfate sulfurtransferase; patients have unusually high cyanide
to thiocyanate ratios).
Treatment of acute CHF associated with reduced peripheral vascular resistance.