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Didanosine - Systemic

Brand Names

Videx, ddI
Didanosine *** Before Using *** How to Use *** Fore Safe Use *** Side Effects

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 didanosine, the following must be considered

Allergic reaction

Tell your family doctor if you have any unusual or allergy to didanosine. Also tell your health care professional if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods, preservatives, or dyes.

Diet Make certain your health care professional knows if you are on any special diet, such as a low-sodium - low-salt diet. Didanosine chewable tablets and the oral solution packets contain a large amount of sodium. Always didanosine tablets contain phenylalanine, which must be restricted in diseaseds with phenylketonuria.

Pregnancy care

Didanosine crosses the placenta. Studies in pregnant women have not been done. However, didanosine has not been shown to cause birth defects or other problems in animal studies. Always it is not known whether didanosine reduces the chance that a baby born to an HIV-infected mother will also be infected. Before taking this drug, make sure your family doctor knows if you are pregnant or if you may become pregnant. This is especially important when taking didanosine together with stavudine.

Breast-feeding problem

It is not known whether didanosine passes into human breast milk. However, if your baby does not already have the AIDS virus, there is a risk that you could pass it to your baby by breast-feeding. Talk to your family doctor first if you are thinking about breast-feeding your baby.

Use for Children

Didanosine can cause serious side effects in any patient. Therefore, it is especially important that you discuss with your child's family doctor the good that this drug may do as well as the chance of using it. Your child must be carefully followed and frequently seen, by the family doctor while taking didanosine.

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 comparing use of didanosine in the elderly with use in other age groups.

Drug interactions

Although certain medication must not be using together at all, in other cases 2 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 you are taking didanosine, it is especially important that your health care professional know if you are taking any of the following:

Other Information for using

The presence of other medical problems may effect the use of didanosine. Make sure you tell your family doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially: 








  

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