(nel AR a been) Brand: Arranon
• Nelarabine may reason serious side effects of the central nervous system, such as problems with balance, coordination, or beautiful engine skills. These symptoms may not go away even after you stop receiving nelarabine. Conversation with your doctor if you have concerns about any possible long-term side effects.
• Do not use nelarabine if you are pregnant. It could harm the unborn baby.
• You must not breast-feed while you are using nelarabine.
• Till you receive nelarabine, speak your doctor if you have liver or kidney malady, a nerve mess, a history of chemotherapy or radiation treatment of your head, neck, or spinal cord.
• Nelarabine can lower blood cells that help your body fight infections and help your blood to clot. Your blood may need to be tested often. Avoid being around people who are sick or have infections. Avoid activities that may magnify your risk of bleeding injury. Speak your doctor at once if you develop signs of infection.
• Do not receive a "live" vaccine while you are being treated with nelarabine.
• This medicine may impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be alert.
• Nelarabine is a cancer medicine that interferes with the growth and spread of cancer cells in the body.
• Nelarabine is used to treat T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma.
• Nelarabine may also be used for purposes not listed in this medicine guide.
• You must not receive this medicine if you are allergic to nelarabine.
• To create certain you can safely receive nelarabine, speak your doctor if you have any of these another conditions:
· liver disease;
· kidney disease;
· a nerve disorder;
· a history of radiation treatment of your head, neck, or spinal cord; or
· a history of cancer medication injected near your spinal cord.
• FDA pregnancy category D. Do not use nelarabine if you are pregnant. It could harm the unborn child. Use effective birth control, and speak your doctor if you become pregnant during treatment.
• It is not known whether nelarabine passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing child. You must not breast-feed while you are using nelarabine.
• Nelarabine is injected into a vein through an IV. You will receive this injection in a clinic or hospital setting. Nelarabine should be given slowly, and the IV infusion can take up to 2 hours to complete.
• This medicine is generally given each day or each another day for 5 days in a row each 3 weeks. Your treatment schedule may be various. Follow your doctor's instructions.
• Nelarabine can lower blood cells that help your body fight infections and help your blood to clot. Your blood will need to be tested often. Your nervous system and kidney function may also need to be tested. Your cancer treatments may be delayed based on the results of these trials. Visit your doctor regularly.
• Call your doctor for instructions if you miss an appointment for your nelarabine injection.
• Search abnormal medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222.
• Overdose symptoms may include severe forms of some of the side effects listed in this medicine guide.
• Avoid being around people who are sick or have infections. Speak your doctor at once if you develop signs of infection.
• This medication can pass into body fluids (including urine, feces, vomit, semen, vaginal fluid). For at least 48 hours after you receive a doze, avoid allowing your body fluids to come into contact with your hands or another surfaces. Patients and caregivers must wear rubber gloves while cleaning up body fluids, handling contaminated trash or laundry or changing diapers. Wash hands till and after removing gloves. Wash soiled clothing and linens apart from another laundry.
• Body fluids must not be handled by a woman who is pregnant or who may become pregnant. Use condoms during sexual activity to avoid exposure to body fluids.
• Do not receive a "live" vaccine while using nelarabine. Live vaccines include measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), oral polio, rotavirus, smallpox, typhoid, yellow fever, varicella (chickenpox), H1N1 influenza, and nasal flu vaccine.
• This medicine may impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be alert.
• Nelarabine may reason serious side effects of the central nervous system. These symptoms may not go away even after you stop receiving nelarabine. Conversation with your doctor if you have concerns about any possible long-term side effects.
• 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 a serious side effect such as:
· confusion or clumsiness, extreme drowsiness, fainting;
· loss of balance or coordination;
· problems with walking, breathing, speech, swallowing, or eye movement;
· numbness, weakness, or prickly feeling in your fingers or toes;
· problems with buttoning clothes or picking up little items with your fingers;
· loss of movement in any part of your body;
· seizure (convulsions);
· pale skin, feeling light-headed or short of breath, rapid heart course, trouble concentrating;
· light bruising, unusual bleeding (nose, mouth, vagina, or rectum), purple or red pinpoint spots under your skin;
· fever, chills, body aches, flu symptoms, sores in your mouth and throat; or
· severe shortness of breath, wheezing, gasping for breath, cough with foamy mucus, chest pain, quick or uneven heart rate.
• Smaller serious side effects may include:
· cough;
· mild nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or constipation;
· dizziness, drowsiness, feeling tired;
· joint or muscle pain;
· headache; or
· swelling in your hands or feet.
• 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.
• Till receiving nelarabine, speak your doctor if you are also using pentostatin.
• There may be another drugs that can interact with nelarabine. Speak your doctor about all medications you use. This includes prescription, over-the-counter, vitamin, and herbal commodity. Do not start a new medicine without telling your doctor.
• Your doctor or pharmacist can provide more information about nelarabine.
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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