Uracil Mustard : Before Using

Uracil Mustard - Systemic

Uracil Mustard *** 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 uracil mustard, the following must be considered

Allergic reaction

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

Pregnancy care

Tell your family doctor if you are pregnant or if you intend to have children. 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.

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

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 uracil mustard 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 uracil mustard 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 uracil mustard 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 uracil mustard, 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
Interferon - Intron A, Roferon-A
Plicamycin - Mithracin
Zidovudine - Retrovir
If you have ever been treated with x-rays or cancer medication Uracil mustard may increase the side effects of medication or radiation therapy on the blood

Probenecid - Benemid
Sulfinpyrazone - Anturane Uracil mustard 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 uracil mustard. 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 Uracil mustard may increase levels of uric acid in the body, which can cause gout or kidney stones

Infection Uracil mustard can reduce immunity to infection

Kidney disease

Liver disease