(loo SIN AK tant ) Brand: Surfaxin
• Your child will receive this medicine in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or similar hospital setting.
• Lucinactant is given directly into the baby's lungs through a breathing pipe that is also connected to a ventilator (a car that moves air in and out of the lungs to help your child breathe easier and get satis oxygen).
• Your child will stay under constant supervision during treatment with lucinactant.
• Lucinactant is a lung surface acting agent, or "surfactant." It helps the lungs function normally. Lucinactant is similar to the natural fluid in the lungs that helps sustain effective breathing.
• Lucinactant is used to treat or prevent respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in a premature child whose lungs have not fully developed.
• Lucinactant may also be used for purposes not listed in this medicine guide.
• To excellent participate in the care of your child while he or she is in the NICU, carefully follow all instructions provided by your baby's caregivers.
• Lucinactant is given directly into the baby's lungs through a breathing pipe. Your child will receive this medicine in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or similar hospital setting.
• The breathing pipe is connected to a ventilator (a car that moves air in and out of the lungs to help your child breathe easier and get satis oxygen).
• Lucinactant is given as soon as possible after the baby's birth, generally within 30 minutes.
• Your baby's breathing, blood pressure, oxygen levels, and another vital signs will be watched closely during treatment with lucinactant.
• Since lucinactant is given as needed by a healthcare professional, it is not likely that your child will miss a dose.
• Since lucinactant is given in a controlled medical setting by a healthcare professional, an overdose is not likely to occur. However, an overdose of lucinactant is not expected to manufacture life-threatening symptoms.
• Follow your doctor's instructions about any restrictions in feeding, medications, or activity after your child has been treated with lucinactant.
• Lucinactant causes little side effects. There is a possibility that the child will have breathing difficulties during the lucinactant treatment, and these problems may require further treatment by health care professionals. Your child will stay under constant supervision during treatment with lucinactant.
• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
• Your baby's caregivers will manage and monitor all medications given to your child during treatment in the NICU. A drug interaction between lucinactant and another medications is not expected to occur.
• Do not give any medications to your child that have not been predesigned by the baby's doctor. This includes vitamins, minerals, or herbal products.
• Your doctor or pharmacist can provide more information about lucinactant.
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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