(PEN toe stah tin) Brand: Nipent
• Pentostatin can reason deleterious side effects on your kidneys, liver, lungs, or central nervous system. Call your doctor at once if you have symptoms such as: swelling, rapid weight gain, few or no urinating, pink or red urine, severe shortness of breath, wheezing, chest pain, cough, vision problems, numbness, tingling, or burning pain.
• Pentostatin is a cancer medicine that interferes with the growth and spread of cancer cells in the body.
• Pentostatin is used to treat hairy cell leukemia (a type of blood cancer).
• Pentostatin may also be used for purposes not listed in this medicine guide.
• You must not use pentostatin if you are allergic to it.
• To create certain pentostatin is safety for you, speak your doctor if you have:
· kidney disease;
· liver disease;
· lung disease;
· any type of infection (including pneumonia); or
· weak immune system (caused by malady or by using determined medicines).
• FDA pregnancy category D. Do not use pentostatin if you are pregnant. It could harm the unborn child. Use effective birth control to avoid pregnancy during your treatment with pentostatin. Follow your doctor's instructions about how long to prevent pregnancy after your treatment ends.
• It is not known whether pentostatin passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing child. You must not breast-feed while using this medicine.
• Your doctor will perform blood trials to create certain you do not have conditions that would prevent you from safely receiving pentostatin.
• Pentostatin is injected into a vein through an IV. A healthcare provider will give you this injection.
• You may need frequent medical trials at your doctor's office to be certain this medicine is not causing deleterious effects. Your cancer treatments may be delayed based on the results of these trials. You may also need to have a bone marrow biopsy.
• Call your doctor for instructions if you miss an appointment for your pentostatin injection.
• Search abnormal medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222.
• 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 pentostatin. Live vaccines include measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), rotavirus, typhoid, yellow fever, varicella (chickenpox), zoster (shingles), and nasal flu (influenza) vaccine.
• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Call your doctor at once if you have:
· fever, swollen glands, cool or flu symptoms, blisters or ulcers in your mouth, red or swollen gums, trouble swallowing;
· pale skin, weakness, light bruising, unusual bleeding (nose, mouth, vagina, or rectum), purple or red pinpoint spots under your skin;
· swelling, rapid weight gain, few or no urinating, pain in your side or lower back;
· red or pink urine;
· skin sores, severe skin rash;
· anxiety, sweating, severe shortness of breath, wheezing, gasping for breath, chest pain, quick or uneven heart rate;
· cough with foamy mucus, cough with yellow or green mucus;
· eye pain, vision problems; or
· numbness, tingling, or burning pain.
• General side effects may include:
· loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting;
· constipation, diarrhea;
· joint or muscle pain;
· headache, dizziness, drowsiness, depressed mood; or
· sleep problems (insomnia).
• 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 medicines you use, and those you start or stop using during your treatment with pentostatin, especially:
· fludarabine; or
· vidarabine.
· etoposide;
• This list is not complete. Another drugs may interact with pentostatin, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal commodity. Not all possible interactions are listed in this medicine manual.
• Your doctor or pharmacist can provide more information about pentostatin.
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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