Fluorouracil 50mg
DESCRIPTION :
- Fluorouracil (5-FU), sold under the brand name Adrucil among others, is a prescription used to treat cancer.By infusion into a vein it is utilized for colon malignant growth, esophageal disease, stomach malignant growth, pancreatic disease, bosom malignant growth, and cervical malignant growth. As a cream it is utilized for actinic keratosis, basal cell carcinoma, and skin moles.
- Fluorouracil has been given foundationally for butt-centric, bosom, colorectal, oesophageal, stomach, pancreatic and skin malignancies (particularly head and neck cancers).It has additionally been given topically (on the skin) for actinic keratoses, skin tumors and Bowen’s illness and as eye drops for treatment of visual surface squamous neoplasia. Different utilizations incorporate visual infusions into a recently made trabeculectomy bleb to hinder mending and cause scarring of tissue, along these lines permitting sufficient fluid cleverness stream to diminish intraocular weight.
USES :
Fluorouracil (5-FU), sold under the brand name Adrucil among others, is a prescription used to treat malignancy. By infusion into a vein it is utilized for colon malignant growth, esophageal disease, stomach malignant growth, pancreatic disease, bosom disease, and cervical malignant growth.
PRECAUTIONS :
- Prior to utilizing fluorouracil, tell your specialist or drug specialist on the off chance that you are oversensitive to it; or to flucytosine; or to capecitabine; or on the off chance that you have some other sensitivities. Converse with your drug specialist for more subtleties.
- Prior to utilizing this medicine, tell your specialist or drug specialist your therapeutic history, particularly of: poor nourishment, diminished bone marrow work/platelet issue (e.g., sickliness, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia), a specific catalyst lack (dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase – DPD), a genuine contamination, liver issues, kidney issues.
When not to use :
Excessive touchiness to Fluorouracil Cream is a contraindication. What’s more, Fluorouracil Cream ought not be utilized in the event that you have the accompanying conditions:
- Extreme touchiness to this medication (Systemic)
- Excessive touchiness to this medication (Topical)
- Patients with dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase compound inadequacy (Systemic)
- Patients with dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase compound inadequacy (Topical)
- Pregnancy (Systemic)
- Pregnancy (Topical).
SIDE EFFECTS :
These reactions are conceivable, yet don’t generally happen.Consult your specialist on the off chance that you watch any of the accompanying reactions, particularly on the off chance that they don’t leave.
- Application site response (topical)
- Eye aggravation (topical)
- Facial aggravation (topical)
- Migraine (topical)
- Basic cold (topical)
- Sinusitis (topical)
- Cardiotoxicity (foundational)
- Hyperammonemic encephalopathy (foundational)
- Neurologic lethality (foundational)
- Looseness of the bowels (fundamental)
- Fluorouracil Cream may likewise cause reactions not recorded here.
If you notice other side-effects not listed above, contact your doctor for medical advice. You may also report side-effects to your local food and drug administration authority.