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Adrucil and Myelosuppression

Generic Name: fluorouracil
Dosage Forms: injection, solution
Other Brand Names: Adrucil

Result of checking the interaction of drug Adrucil and disease Myelosuppression for safety when used together.

Check result:

Adrucil <> Myelosuppression

Relevance: 23.07.2019 Reviewer: Shkutko P.M., M.D., in

When checking interaction based on authoritative sources Drugs.com, Rxlist.com, Webmd.com, Medscape.com there are contraindications or side effects that may cause harm or increase the negative effect from drug use in presence of concomitant diseases.

Consumer:

5- FU can cause severe and fatal myelosuppression. Therapy with 5- FU should be administered cautiously in patients who have had prior high-dose pelvic irradiation or alkylating agents or who have widespread metastatic tumor involvement of the bone marrow. Patients should be instructed to immediately report any signs or symptoms suggesting bone marrow suppression such as fever, sore throat, local infection, or bleeding. Close clinical monitoring of hematopoietic function is recommended and therapy should be withheld if platelet counts falls below 100,000/mm3 and/or white blood cell (WBC) counts falls below 3500/mm3 or a rapid fall in WBC is noted.

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