Dacarbazine - Systemic
Brand Names
DTIC-Dome, DTIC
Dacarbazine *** Before Using *** How to Use *** Fore Safe Use *** Side Effects *** Additional Information
Before Using
In deciding to using a medication,
the chance of taking the drug must be weighed against the good it will
do. This is a decision you will make. For dacarbazine, the
following must be considered
Allergic reaction
Tell your family doctor if you have any unusual or
allergy to dacarbazine.
Pregnancy care
There is a risk that this drug may cause birth
defects if either the male or female is taking it at the time of conception
or if it is taken during pregnancy. In addition, many cancer medication may
cause sterility, which could be permanent. Although sterility has not been
reported with this drug, the possibility must be kept in mind. Dacarbazine
has causing birth defects and a decrease in successful pregnancies in animal
studies involving rats and rabbits given doses few times the usual human
adult dose.Be sure that you have discussed this with your family doctor before taking this
drug. It is best to use some kind of birth control while you are receiving
dacarbazine. Tell your family doctor right away if you think you have become pregnant
while receiving dacarbazine.
Breast-feeding problem
It is not known whether dacarbazine passes into
breast milk. However, because this drug may cause serious side effects,
breast-feeding is generally not recommended while you are receiving it.
Use for Children
Studies on this drug have been done only in adult
diseaseds and there is no special info comparing use of dacarbazine
in child with use in other age groups.
Elderly care
Many medication have not been studied specifically
in elderly people. Therefore, it may not be known whether they work exactly
the same way they do in adults people or if they cause various side effects
or problems in elderly people. There is no special info about the use
of dacarbazine in the elderly.
Drug interactions
Although certain medication must not be using
together at all, in other cases two various medication may be using together
even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your family doctor may want to
change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When receiving dacarbazine
it is especially important that your health care professional know if you
are taking any of the following:
-
Amphotericin B by injection - Fungizone
-
Antithyroid agents - drug for overactive thyroid
-
Azathioprine - Imuran
-
Chloramphenicol - Chloromycetin
-
Colchicine
-
Flucytosine - Ancobon
-
Ganciclovir - Cytovene
-
Interferon - Intron A, Roferon-A
-
Plicamycin - Mithracin
-
Zidovudine - AZT, Retrovir
-
If you have ever been treated with radiation or cancer medication Dacarbazine
may increase the side effects of medication or radiation therapy on the blood
Other Information for using
The presence of other medical
problems may effect the use of dacarbazine. Make sure you tell your family doctor
if you have any other medical problems, especially:
-
Chickenpox - including recent exposure
-
Herpes zoster - shingles chance of severe disease effecting other
parts of the body
-
Infection Dacarbazine can decrease your body's ability to fight
infection
-
Kidney disease
-
Liver disease Effects of dacarbazine may be increased because
of slower removal from the body
Popular links
Таблетки Z
Genpril
Gentacidin
Gentafair
Gentak
Gentamicin
Gentamicin
Geri-Kot
Geritol Complete