Puri-Nethol 50mg tablets

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Active ingredient:

Mercaptopurine

Available from:

Mawdsley-Brooks & Company Ltd

ATC code:

L01BB02

INN (International Name):

Mercaptopurine

Dosage:

50mg

Pharmaceutical form:

Oral tablet

Administration route:

Oral

Class:

No Controlled Drug Status

Prescription type:

Valid as a prescribable product

Product summary:

BNF: 08010300

Patient Information leaflet

_S1248 LEAFLET Purinethol 20180108 _
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER PURI-NETHOL
® 50MG TABLETS
(MERCAPTOPURINE)
Your medicine is known as Puri-Nethol 50mg Tablets but will be
referred to as Puri-Nethol throughout the following leaflet.
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS
MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
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Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
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If you have any further questions, ask your doctor, pharmacist
or nurse.
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This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it
on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are
the same as yours.
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If you get any side effects talk to your doctor, pharmacist or
nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in the
leaflet. See section 4.
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET:
1
What Puri-Nethol is and what it is used for
2
What you need to know before you take Puri-Nethol
3
How to take Puri-Nethol
4
Possible side effects
5
How to store Puri-Nethol
6
Contents of the pack and other information
1
WHAT PURI-NETHOL IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR
Puri-Nethol tablets contain the active substance called 6-
mercaptopurine. 6-mercaptopurine belongs to a group of medicines
called cytotoxics (also called chemotherapy) and works by reducing
the number of new blood cells your body makes. Puri-Nethol is
used to treat cancer of the blood (leukaemia) in adults, adolescents
and children.
2
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE PURI-
NETHOL
DO NOT TAKE PURI-NETHOL:
If you are allergic to 6-mercaptopurine or any of the other
ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).
WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Puri-Nethol:
• If you have recently received, or are due to receive, a
vaccination
(vaccine). If you take Puri-Nethol, you should not have a live
organism vaccine (for example; flu vaccine, measles vaccine, BCG
vaccine, etc.) until advised it is safe to do so by your doctor. This
is
because some vaccines may give you an infection if you receive
them