Florac 500mg Injection

Florac 500mg Injection is used in the treatment of cancers of stomach, colon, rectum, breast, and lungs. It may be used to treat other conditions, as determined by the doctor. It is sometimes used with certain other medicines as part of combination chemotherapy. Florac 500mg Injection is given as injection under the supervision of doctor. Your doctor will decide what dose is necessary and how often you need to take it. This will depend on what you are being treated for and may change from time to time. You should take it exactly as your doctor has advised. Taking it in the wrong way or taking too much can cause very serious side effects. It may take several weeks or months for you to see or feel the benefits but do not stop taking it unless your doctor tells you to. The most common side effects of this medicine include increased risk of infection, mouth ulcer, vomiting, weakness, and nausea. This medicine may reduce the number of blood cells (decrease red blood and white blood cells) in your blood, thereby, increasing the susceptibility to infections. Regular blood tests are required to check your blood cells along with heart, liver, and blood uric acid levels. Before taking it, tell your doctor if you have heart disease, liver, or kidney problems or are taking any medicines to treat infections. Many other medicines can affect, or be affected by, this medicine so let your doctor know all medications you are using. This medicine is not recommended during pregnancy or while breastfeeding. The use of effective contraception by both males and females during treatment is important to avoid pregnancy.

• Cancer

Florac 500mg Injection is an anticancer medication. It works by interfering with the growth of genetic material (DNA and RNA) of the cancer cells. This slows the growth of cancer cells and eventually kills them.

Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Kindly do not self administer.

• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Hair loss
• Diarrhea
• Bronchospasm
• Infection
• Myelosuppression
• Agranulocytosis (deficiency of granulocytes in the blood)
• General discomfort
• Itching
• Skin exfoliation
• Anemia (low number of red blood cells)
• Febrile neutropenia
• Angina (heart related chest pain)
• ECG changes
• Decreased immunity

AlcoholCONSULT YOUR DOCTOR

It is not known whether it is safe to consume alcohol with Florac 500mg Injection. Please consult your doctor.

PregnancyCONSULT YOUR DOCTOR

Florac 500mg Injection is unsafe to use during pregnancy as there is definite evidence of risk to the developing baby. However, the doctor may rarely prescribe it in some life-threatening situations if the benefits are more than the potential risks. Please consult your doctor.

Breast feedingUNSAFE

Florac 500mg Injection is unsafe to use during breastfeeding. Data suggests that the drug may cause toxicity to the baby.

DrivingUNSAFE

Florac 500mg Injection may cause side effects which could affect your ability to drive. Florac 500mg Injection can cause side effects such as nausea and can also produce adverse events on your nervous system which cause visual changes. This may affect your ability to drive.

KidneySAFE IF PRESCRIBED

Florac 500mg Injection is probably safe to use in patients with kidney disease. Limited data available suggests that dose adjustment of Florac 500mg Injection may not be needed in these patients. Please consult your doctor.

LiverCAUTION

Florac 500mg Injection should be used with caution in patients with liver disease. Dose adjustment of Florac 500mg Injection may be needed. Please consult your doctor.

Chemical Class

Pyrimidine Analog

Habit Forming

No

Therapeutic Class

Anti neoplastics

Action Class

Antimetabolites