(ox AL i PLA tin) Brand: Eloxatin
• Oxaliplatin can lower blood cells that help your body fight infections and help your blood to clot. You may get an infection or bleed more easily. Call your doctor if you have unusual bruising or bleeding, or signs of infection (fever, chills, body aches).
• Oxaliplatin is a cancer medicine that interferes with the growth and spread of cancer cells in the body.
• Oxaliplatin is used together with another cancer medications to treat colon and rectal cancer.
• Oxaliplatin may also be used for purposes not listed in this medicine guide.
• You must not receive this medicine if you have ever had an allergic reaction to oxaliplatin or similar medications such as carboplatin (Paraplatin) or cisplatin (Platinol).
• To create certain you can safely receive oxaliplatin, speak your doctor if you have any of these another conditions:
· kidney disease;
· liver disease;
· tall blood pressure;
· asthma or another breathing mess;
· a nerve problem; or
· if you are using a blood thinner such as warfarin (Coumadin, Jantoven).
• FDA pregnancy category D. Do not use oxaliplatin 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 oxaliplatin passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing child. You must not breast-feed while using this medicine.
• Oxaliplatin is injected into a vein through an IV. You will receive this injection in a clinic or hospital setting.
• Receiving oxaliplatin can create you more sensitive to cool, which can reason numbness, tingling, and muscle spasms. This includes exposure to cool temperature and coming into contact with cool objects. To prevent discomfort, follow these steps:
· do not inhale deeply when you are exposed to cool air;
· cover your skin, head, and person when you are external in cool temperatures;
· wear gloves when handling cool objects or refrigerated foods;
· do not run an air conditioner at very cold temperature in your house or machine (even during hot weather);
· do not drink cool drinks or use ice cubes in drinks;
· do not put ice packs on your body.
• Chemotherapy often causes nausea or mouth sores. Do not ate ice chips to ease these discomforts because you will be more sensitive to cool. Conversation to your doctor about another ways to treat nausea or mouth sores. You may be given another medications to prevent nausea or vomiting while you are receiving oxaliplatin.
• Oxaliplatin 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 cancer treatments may be delayed based on the results of these tests.
• Contact your doctor if you miss an appointment for your oxaliplatin injection.
• Search abnormal medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222.
• Avoid cool temperatures and cool objects, including ice, cool drinks, and skin exposure to cool temperatures.
• 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.
• This medicine may reason blurred vision and may impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be alert and able to see clearly.
• Some people receiving a oxaliplatin injection have had a reaction to the infusion within minutes after the medication is injected into the vein. Speak your caregiver right away if you feel dizzy, short of breath, confused, sweaty, itchy, or have diarrhea, chest pain, warmth or redness in your person, or feel like you might pass out.
• 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:
· headache, confusion, change in mental status, vision problems, seizure (convulsions);
· numbness, tingling, or burning pain that interferes with daily activities;
· heighten sensitivity to cool temperatures and cool objects;
· jaw or chest tightness, eye pain, strange feeling in your tongue, problems with speech or swallowing;
· fever, chills, sore throat, mouth and throat ulcers, cough with mucus;
· dry cough, wheezing, feeling short of breath on exertion;
· pain or burning when you urinate;
· light bruising, unusual bleeding (nose, mouth, vagina, or rectum), purple or red pinpoint spots under your skin;
· pale skin, feeling weak or weary, rapid heart course, trouble concentrating;
· pain, redness, swelling, or skin changes where the injection was given; or
· feeling very thirsty or hot, being unable to urinate, hard sweating, or hot and dry skin.
• General side effects may include:
· nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, loss of appetite;
· diarrhea, constipation;
· weight gain;
· muscle pain; or
· temporary hair loss.
• 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.
• Speak your doctor about all medications you use, and those you start or stop using during your treatment with oxaliplatin. Another drugs may interact with oxaliplatin, including prescription, over-the-counter, vitamin, and herbal commodity. Not all possible interactions are listed in this medicine manual.
• Your doctor or pharmacist can provide more information about oxaliplatin.
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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