Thioguanine : Before Using

Thioguanine - Systemic

Brand Names

Lanvis Thioguanine *** 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 thioguanine, the following must be considered

Allergic reaction

Tell your family doctor if you have any unusual or allergy to thioguanine.

Pregnancy care

Tell your family doctor if you are pregnant or if you intend to have children. 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 this has not been reported with this drug, the possibility must be kept in mind.

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 taking thioguanine. Tell your family doctor right away if you think you have become pregnant while taking thioguanine.

Breast-feeding problem

Tell your family doctor if you are breast-feeding or if you intend to breast-feed during treat with this drug. Because thioguanine may cause serious side effects, breast-feeding is generally not recommended while you are receiving it.

Use for Children

Although there is no special info about the use of thioguanine in child, it is not expected to cause various side effects or problems in child than it does in adults.

Elderly care

Many medication have not been tested 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 thioguanine 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 you are taking thioguanine, it is especially important that your health care professional know if you are taking any of the following:

Antithyroid agents - drug for overactive thyroid
Azathioprine - Imuran
Chloramphenicol - Chloromycetin
Colchicine
Flucytosine - Ancobon
Interferon - Intron A, Roferon-A
Plicamycin - Mithracin
Zidovudine - Retrovir
If you have ever been treated with x-rays or cancer medication Thioguanine may increase the side effects of medication or radiation therapy on the blood

Probenecid - Benemid
Sulfinpyrazone - Anturane Thioguanine may increase the concentration of uric acid in the blood, which these medication are using to lower

Other Information for using

The presence of other medical problems may effect the use of thioguanine. 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

Gout - history of
Kidney stones - history of Thioguanine may increase levels of uric acid in the body, which can cause gout or kidney stones

Infection Thioguanine can reduce immunity to infection

Kidney disease
Liver disease Effects may be increased because of slower removal of thioguanine from the body