Trifluridine : Before Using - Viroptic, trifluorothymidine

Trifluridine - Ophthalmic

Brand Names

Viroptic, trifluorothymidine Trifluridine *** Before Using *** How to Use *** Fore Safe Use *** Side Effects

Before Using

In deciding to using a medication, the problems of uses this drugs must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you will make. For trifluridine, the following must be considered

Allergic reaction

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

Pregnancy care

Studies have not been done. When injected into developing chick embryos, trifluridine has been shown to cause birth defects. However, studies in rats and rabbits have not shown that trifluridine causes birth defects, although it did cause delayed bone formation in rats and rabbits and death in unborn rabbits.

Breast-feeding problem

It is unlikely that trifluridine, using in the eyes, is absorbed into the mother's body and passes into the breast milk. In addition, trifluridine has not been reported to cause problems in nursing babies.

Use for Children

Although there is no special info comparing the use of trifluridine in child with use in other age groups, 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 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 the use of trifluridine in the elderly with use in other age groups.

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. Tell your health care professional if you are using any other prescription or nonprescription - over-the-counter "OTC " drug that is to be using in the eye.