देश: सिंगापुर
भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
स्रोत: HSA (Health Sciences Authority)
FLUOROURACIL
PFIZER PRIVATE LIMITED
L01BC02
50 MG/ML
INJECTION
FLUOROURACIL 50 MG/ML
INTRAVENOUS, INTRA-ARTERIAL
Prescription Only
Hospira Australia Pty Ltd
ACTIVE
1990-09-06
DBL ™ FLUOROURACIL INJECTION BP 1. NAME OF THE MEDICINE Fluorouracil 2. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each mL of DBL Fluorouracil Injection BP contains fluorouracil 25 mg or 50 mg. For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1 List of excipients. 3. PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Solution for injection. DBL Fluorouracil Injection BP is a sterile, colourless, preservative-free solution containing 5- Fluorouracil in Water for Injections, prepared with the aid of sodium hydroxide. The pH of the solution is approximately 8.9. DBL Fluorouracil Injection BP is a clear, colourless to slightly yellow solution. 4. CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS Fluorouracil is indicated alone or in combination for the palliative treatment of malignant tumours, particularly of the breast, colon or rectum; and in the treatment of gastric, primary hepatic, pancreatic, uterine (cervical particularly), ovarian and bladder carcinomas. Fluorouracil should only be used when other proven measures have failed or are considered impractical. 4.2 DOSE AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION DOSAGE The dosage being based on the patient’s actual weight. Ideal weight is used only if the patient is obese or if there has been a spurious weight gain due to oedema, ascites or other forms of abnormal fluid retention. Prior to treatment each patient is to be carefully evaluated in order to estimate the optimum initial dosage of fluorouracil. THE TOTAL DAILY DOSE OF FLUOROURACIL SHOULD NOT EXCEED 1 GRAM. The following regimens have been recommended for use of fluorouracil as a single agent in adults: _INTRAVENOUS INFUSION _ 15 mg/kg bodyweight (to a maximum of 1 g) daily diluted in 300 to 500 mL of 5% glucose given over a period of 4 hours. Infusion may be continued daily until the first gastrointestinal side effects occur, i.e., stomatitis, diarrhoea, leucopenia and thrombocytopenia, treatment must be discontinued until the side effects have receded (until the white blood cell (WBC) count has risen to 3,000 to 4,000 per mm 3 or platelet count to पूरा दस्तावेज़ पढ़ें