Introduction
What CARFILNAT 60MG is used for?
- It is used to treat adult patients with multiple myeloma (cancer of plasma cells) who have had at least one previous treatment for this disease
Warning & Precautions
Talk to Doctor
Talk to your doctor before you take this medicine, if you:
- Are allergic to any of the other ingredients of this medicine
- Suffer from heart or lung problem
- Suffer from kidney or liver problem
Pregnancy & Breast Feeding
- If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor for advice before taking this medicine
Driving & Using Machines
- Do not drive or operate or drive any machines while taking this medicine as it may cause fatigue, dizziness, fainting or drop in blood pressure
Interactions
Tell your doctor if you are taking,
Tell your doctor if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines, which includes any medicines obtained without a prescription, such as vitamins or herbal remedies, especially if you are taking medicines used to prevent pregnancy such as oral contraceptives or other hormonal contraceptives
How to Use
This medicine will be given to you by a doctor or nurse
Side Effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them
Serious
- Chest pain, shortness of breath, swelling of feet, heart problems
- Cough (dyspnea), rapid breathing, wheezing, lung toxicity
- Swollen ankles, feet or hands, loss of appetite, passing less urine
- Fever, chills or shaking, joint or muscle pain, facial flushing or swelling, weakness, high and low blood pressure, fainting, chest tightness, or chest pain
- Unusual bruising or bleeding
- Leg or arm pain or swelling (blood clots in the deep veins of the leg or arm)
- Yellowing of skin and eyes (jaundice), abdominal pain or swelling, nausea or vomiting
- Headache, confusion, seizures (fits), visual loss, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES)
Common
- Pneumonia
- Respiratory tract infection
- Low white blood cell count (decrease the ability to fight infection associated with fever)
- Tiredness and fatigue (low red blood cell count)
- Decreased blood levels of potassium, increased blood levels of sugar or creatinine
- Decreased appetite, difficulty sleeping (insomnia)
- Dizziness, numbness, tingling or decreased sensation in hands or feet
- Dehydration
- Constipation
- Muscle weakness, itchy, redness and rash of the skin
- Increased sweating, pain, swelling, irritation or discomfort at the site of injection
- Ringing in the ears (tinnitus)
Uncommon
- Inflammation of the colon
- Reduced blood flow to the heart
- Pain behind the breastbone (pericarditis)
- Fluid build-up in the lining of the heart (pericardial effusion)
- Very dark urine and very pale stools
- Perforation of the digestive system
More Information
Storage
- Keep this medicine out of reach of children
- Store in a refrigerator at 2-8ºC
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