Description
| Medicine | |
| Alchohol Interaction | Interaction with alcohol is unknown. Please consult your doctor. |
| Pregnancy Interaction | Azalive 100mg Injection is unsafe to use during pregnancy.There is positive evidence of human fetal risk, but the benefits from use in pregnant women may be acceptable despite the risk, for example in life-threatening situations. Please consult your doctor. |
| Lactation Interaction | Azalive 100mg Injection is unsafe to use during lactation. \nData suggests that the drug may cause toxicity to the baby, or the mother is suffering from a condition in which breastfeeding is not advisable. |
| Expert Advice | • You will be treated with drugs to prevent nausea and vomiting at the start of azacitidine treatment cycle. • You will be monitored with lab test to measure complete blood count before every treatment cycle to check development of anemia (low red blood count), neutropenia (abnormally low white blood cell count) or thrombocytopenia (abnormally low count of platelets in the blood). • Take extreme care to avoid pregnancy while on azacitidine therapy. • Inform your doctor if you have a history of congestive heart failure, unstable heart or lung disease. • Seek immediate medical attention if you experience difficulty in breathing, swelling of the lips, itching or rash. • Patients allergic to azacitidine or any of its ingredients should not be administered this. • Patients with advanced malignant liver cancer should not be given azacitidine. • Pregnant and breastfeeding women should also not be given azacitidine. • Children and adolescents below 18 years should not be given azacitidine. |
| Common Side Effect | Headache, Dizziness, Insomnia (difficulty in sleeping), Vomiting, Nausea, Decreased potassium level in blood, Loss of appetite, Decreased white blood cell count, Nasopharyngitis (inflammation of the throat and nasal passages), Anemia (low number of red blood cells), Diarrhoea, Febrile neutropenia, Decreased white blood cell count (neutrophils), Constipation. |
| How to Use | Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Kindly do not self administer. |
| Driving | Do not drive unless you are feeling well.Azalive 100mg Injection can cause side effects such as tiredness and this may affect your ability to drive. |
| Kidney | Azalive 100mg Injection should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Azalive 100mg Injection may be needed. Please consult your doctor. |
| Liver | Azalive 100mg Injection should be used with caution in patients with liver disease. Dose adjustment of Azalive 100mg Injection may be needed. Please consult your doctor.Use of Azalive 100mg Injection is not recommended in patients with advanced liver cancer. |
| Mechanism of action | Azalive 100mg Injection interferes with the growth of DNA and RNA of the cancer cells by substituting their building blocks. It prevents the cancer cells from growing and multiplying. |
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