(kal si TOE nin) Brand: Miacalcin
• Do not use this medicine if you are allergic to salmon calcitonin.
• To create certain you are not allergic to this medicine, your doctor may perform an allergy skin test till your first doze of calcitonin injection.
• Calcitonin injection is not a cure for Paget's malady and you may have a relapse, especially if your body forms antibodies and you become immune to calcitonin. Conversation with your doctor at any time if you think the medicine is not working as well as it did before.
• To be certain this medicine is helping your condition, your blood will need to be tested on a regular basis. Your urine may also need to be tested. Do not miss any scheduled appointments.
• Calcitonin injection can reason side effects that may impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be awake and alert.
• It is significant to use calcitonin injection regularly to get the most benefit. Get your prescription refilled till you run out of medication completely.
• Calcitonin is a man-made form of a hormone that occurs naturally in the thyroid gland.
• Calcitonin injection is used to treat Paget's malady of bone, postmenopausal osteoporosis, or tall levels of calcium in the blood (hypercalcemia).
• Calcitonin may also be used for another purposes not listed in this medicine guide.
• Do not use this medicine if you are allergic to salmon calcitonin.
• Till using calcitonin injection, speak your doctor if you are allergic to any food or drugs. You may need a doze adjustment or particular trials to safely use this medication.
• FDA pregnancy category C. This medicine may be deleterious to an unborn child. Speak your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment.
• It is not known whether calcitonin passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing child. Calcitonin may slow breast milk manufacture. Do not use this medicine without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
• Use this medicine exactly as it was predesigned for you. Do not use the medicine in larger amounts, or use it for longer than recommended by your doctor. Follow the instructions on your prescription label.
• To create certain you are not allergic to this medicine, your doctor may perform an allergy skin test till your first doze of calcitonin injection.
• This medicine is given as an injection under the skin. Your doctor, nurse, or another healthcare provider will give you this injection. You may be shown how to inject your medication at house. Do not self-inject this medication if you do not fully understand how to give the injection and properly dispose of used needles and syringes.
• Use every disposable needle only one time. Throw away used needles in a puncture-proof container (ask your pharmacist where you can get one and how to dispose of it). Hold this container out of the reach of children and pets.
• Calcitonin injection is not a cure for Paget's malady and you may have a relapse, especially if your body forms antibodies and you become immune to calcitonin. Conversation with your doctor at any time if you think the medicine is not working as well as it did before.
• To be certain this medicine is helping your condition, your blood will need to be tested on a regular basis. Your urine may also need to be tested. Do not miss any scheduled visits to your doctor.
• It is significant to use calcitonin injection regularly to get the most benefit. Get your prescription refilled till you run out of medication completely.
• Store this medicine in the refrigerator and do not let it to freeze.
• Use the medicine as soon as you remember the missed doze. If it is nearly time for your following doze, skip the missed doze and use the medication at your following regularly scheduled time. Do not use extra medication to create up the missed dose.
• Search abnormal medical attention if you think you have used too many of this medicine.
• Overdose symptoms may include nausea or vomiting.
• Follow your doctor's instructions about any restrictions on food, beverages, or activity while you are using calcitonin injection.
• Calcitonin injection can reason side effects that may impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be awake and alert.
• You may have heighten bone pain during the first little months of treatment with calcitonin injection. This is not a sign that the medicine is not working properly.
• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:
· feeling light-headed, fainting; or
· muscle stiffness.
• Smaller serious side effects may include:
· warmth, redness, itching, or tingly feeling under your skin;
· nausea, loss of appetite, stomach pain;
· vomiting;
· skin rash or itching;
· heighten urination, especially at night;
· eye pain;
· swelling in your foots; or
· swelling or irritation of the skin where an injection was given.
• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Speak your doctor about any unusual or bothersome side effect. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
• There may be another drugs that can affect calcitonin injection. Speak your doctor about all the prescription and over-the-counter medications you use. This includes vitamins, minerals, herbal commodity, and drugs predesigned by another doctors. Do not start using a new medicine without telling your doctor.
• Your pharmacist can provide more information about calcitonin injection.
Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.
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