Vinorelbine : Before Using

Vinorelbine - Systemic

Brand Names

Navelbine Vinorelbine *** Before Using *** How to Use *** Fore Safe Use *** Side Effects *** Additional Information

Before Using This Medication

In deciding to using a medication, the chance of receiving the drug must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you will make. For vinorelbine, the following must be considered

Allergic reaction

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

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 receiving 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 decreased fertility has been reported only in male rats with this drug, the possibility of an effect in human males and females must be kept in mind.

Be sure that you have discussed this with your family doctor before receiving this drug. It is best to use some kind of birth control while you are receiving vinorelbine. Tell your family doctor right away if you think you have become pregnant while receiving vinorelbine.

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 vinorelbine may cause serious side effects in nursing babies, breast-feeding is generally not recommended while you are receiving this drug.

Use for Children

There is no special info comparing use of vinorelbine in child with use in other age groups. Safety and efficacy of vinorelbine in child have not been established.

Elderly care

Vinorelbine has been studied in the elderly. Although diseaseds older than 65 years of age have shown a slight increase in side effects compared with diseaseds younger than 65 years of age, the overall safety and efficacy of vinorelbine are not various for elderly people.

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 vinorelbine, 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
Cyclophosphamide - Cytoxan
Flucytosine - Ancobon
Ganciclovir - Cytovene
Interferon - Intron A, Roferon-A
Mercaptopurine - Purinethol
Methotrexate - Mexate
Mitomycin - Mutamycin
Paclitaxel - Taxol
Plicamycin - Mithracin
Zidovudine - Retrovir
If you have ever been treated with x-rays or cancer medication Vinorelbine 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 vinorelbine. 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 Vinorelbine may decrease your body's ability to fight infections