(ED e tate KAL see um paint SOE dee um) Brand: Calcium Disodium Versenate
• You must not receive this medicine if you are unable to urinate, or if you have active hepatitis or kidney disease.
• Edetate calcium disodium is given as an injection through a needle placed into a vein or muscle. You will receive this injection in a hospital or abnormal setting.
• When injected into a vein, edetate calcium disodium should be given slowly through an IV infusion and can take up to 12 hours to complete.
• If possible till you receive this medicine, speak your caregivers if you kidney disease.
• In an abnormal situation, it may not be possible till you are treated to speak your caregivers about any health conditions you have or if you are pregnant or breast-feeding. However, create certain any doctor caring for you afterward knows that you have received this medication.
• Edetate calcium disodium is a chelating (KEE-late-ing) agent. A chelating agent is capable of removing a hard metal, such as lead or mercury, from the blood.
• Edetate calcium disodium is used to treat lead poisoning.
• Edetate calcium disodium may also be used for another purposes not listed in this medicine guide.
• You must not receive this medicine if you are unable to urinate, or if you have active hepatitis or kidney disease.
• If possible, till you receive edetate calcium disodium, speak your doctor if you are allergic to any drugs, or if you have kidney malady. You may need a doze adjustment or particular trials to safely receive this medication.
• FDA pregnancy category B. Edetate calcium disodium is not expected to be deleterious to an unborn child. However, speak your doctor if you are pregnant till receiving this medication.
• It is not known whether edetate calcium disodium passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing child. Speak your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
• In an abnormal situation, it may not be possible till you are treated with edetate calcium disodium to speak your caregivers if you are pregnant or breast-feeding. However, create certain any doctor caring for your pregnancy or your child knows that you have received this medication.
• Edetate calcium disodium is given as an injection through a needle placed into a vein or muscle. You will receive this injection in a hospital or abnormal setting.
• When injected into a vein, edetate calcium disodium should be given slowly through an IV infusion and can take up to 12 hours to complete.
• To be certain this medicine is helping your condition and not causing deleterious side effects, your blood and urine will need to be tested often. Your heart course will be constantly monitored through electrocardiograph or ECG (sometimes called an EKG). This car measures electrical activity of the heart. This will help your doctor determine how long to treat you with edetate calcium disodium.
• Since edetate calcium disodium is given by a healthcare provider, it is not likely that you will miss a dose.
• Speak your caregivers right away if you think you have received too many of this medication. An overdose of edetate calcium disodium is not expected to manufacture life-threatening symptoms.
• Follow your doctor's instructions about the amount of liquids you must drink while being treated with this medicine. In some cases, drinking too many liquid can reason a deleterious electrolyte imbalance.
• 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.
• Speak your caregivers at once if you have any of these serious side effects:
· urinating smaller than normal or not at all;
· drowsiness, confusion, mood changes, heighten thirst, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting;
· swelling, weight gain, feeling short of breath;
· feeling like you might pass out; or
· quick, slow, or uneven heart rate.
• Smaller serious side effects include:
· fever, chills, weary feeling, and muscle or joint pain;
· numbness or tingly feeling;
· tremors;
· runny or stuffy nose, sneezing, water eyes;
· mild skin rash;
· headache; or
· pain where the medication was injected.
• 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.
• The next drugs can interact with edetate calcium disodium. Speak your doctor if you are using any of these:
· insulin zinc (Iletin Lente); or
· steroids such as prednisone, fluticasone (Advair), mometasone (Asmanex, Nasonex), dexamethasone (Decadron, Hexadrol) and others.
• This list is not complete and there may be another drugs that can interact with edetate calcium disodium. Speak your doctor about all your prescription and over-the-counter medications, vitamins, minerals, herbal commodity, and drugs predesigned by another doctors. Do not start a new medicine without telling your doctor.
• Your doctor or pharmacist can provide more information about edetate calcium disodium.
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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