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Bendamustine hydrochloride
Dr Reddy's Laboratories (UK) Ltd
L01AA09
Bendamustine hydrochloride
25mg
Powder for solution for infusion
Intravenous
No Controlled Drug Status
Valid as a prescribable product
BNF: 08010100; GTIN: 5036072006386 5036072006423
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER BENDAMUSTINE HYDROCHLORIDE 2.5 MG/ML POWDER FOR CONCENTRATE FOR SOLUTION FOR INFUSION bendamustine hydrochloride READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START USING THIS MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU . • Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again. • If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist. • If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4. WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET 1. What Bendamustine hydrochloride _ _ is and what it is used for 2. What you need to know before you use Bendamustine hydrochloride 3. How to use Bendamustine hydrochloride 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Bendamustine hydrochloride 6. Contents of the pack and other information 1. WHAT BENDAMUSTINE HYDROCHLORIDE_ _IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR Bendamustine hydrochloride _ _ is a medicine which is used for the treatment of certain types of cancer (cytotoxic medicine). Bendamustine hydrochloride _ _ is used alone (monotherapy) or in combination with other medicines for the treatment of the following forms of cancer: • chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in cases where fludarabine combination chemotherapy is not appropriate for you • non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, which had not, or only shortly, responded to prior rituximab treatment • multiple myeloma in cases where high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplantation, thalidomide or bortezomib containing therapy is not appropriate for you. 2. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU USE BENDAMUSTINE HYDROCHLORIDE DO NOT USE BENDAMUSTINE HYDROCHLORIDE • if you are allergic to bendamustine hydrochloride or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6) • while breastfeeding, if treatment with Bendamustine hydrochloride is necessary during lactation you must discontinue breastfeeding (see section warnings and precautions on breastfeeding) • if you have severe liver dy Citiți documentul complet
OBJECT 1 BENDAMUSTINE HYDROCHLORIDE 2.5 MG/ML POWDER FOR CONCENTRATE FOR SOLUTION FOR INFUSION Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 15-Feb-2018 | Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (UK) Ltd 1. Name of the medicinal product Bendamustine hydrochloride 2.5 mg/ml powder for concentrate for solution for infusion 2. Qualitative and quantitative composition One vial contains 25 mg bendamustine hydrochloride (as bendamustine hydrochloride monohydrate). One vial contains 100 mg bendamustine hydrochloride (as bendamustine hydrochloride monohydrate). 1 ml of the concentrate contains 2.5 mg bendamustine hydrochloride when reconstituted according to section 6.6. For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3. Pharmaceutical form Powder for concentrate for solution for infusion White to off-white powder 4. Clinical particulars 4.1 Therapeutic indications First-line treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (Binet stage B or C) in patients for whom fludarabine combination chemotherapy is not appropriate. Indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphomas as monotherapy in patients who have progressed during or within 6 months following treatment with rituximab or a rituximab containing regimen. Front line treatment of multiple myeloma (Durie-Salmon stage II with progress or stage III) in combination with prednisone for patients older than 65 years who are not eligible for autologous stem cell transplantation and who have clinical neuropathy at time of diagnosis precluding the use of thalidomide or bortezomib containing treatment. 4.2 Posology and method of administration Posology _Monotherapy for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia _ 100 mg/m 2 body surface area bendamustine hydrochloride on days 1 and 2; every 4 weeks. _Monotherapy for indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphomas refractory to rituximab_ 120 mg/m 2 body surface area bendamustine hydrochloride on days 1 and 2; every 3 weeks. _Multiple myeloma_ 120 - 150 mg/m 2 body surface area bendamustine hydrochloride on days 1 and 2, 60 mg/m 2 body surface area prednisone i.v. or per os on days 1 to 4; ever Citiți documentul complet