Држава: Сједињене Америчке Државе
Језик: Енглески
Извор: NLM (National Library of Medicine)
AZATHIOPRINE (UNII: MRK240IY2L) (AZATHIOPRINE - UNII:MRK240IY2L)
Bryant Ranch Prepack
AZATHIOPRINE
AZATHIOPRINE 50 mg
PRESCRIPTION DRUG
Abbreviated New Drug Application
AZATHIOPRINE- AZATHIOPRINE TABLET BRYANT RANCH PREPACK ---------- AZATHIOPRINE TABLETS, USP BOXED WARNING WARNING - MALIGNANCY Chronic immunosuppression with azathioprine, a purine antimetabolite increases _risk of_ _malignancy _in humans. Reports of malignancy include post-transplant lymphoma and hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma (HSTCL) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Physicians using this drug should be very familiar with this risk as well as with the mutagenic potential to both men and women and with possible hematologic toxicities. Physicians should inform patients of the risk of malignancy with azathioprine. See WARNINGS. DESCRIPTION Azathioprine is an immunosuppressive antimetabolite. Each uncoated azathioprine tablet intended for oral administration contains 50 mg of azathioprine. In addition, each tablet contains the following inactive ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, povidone and starch. Azathioprine is chemically 6-[(1-methyl-4-nitro-_1H_-imidazol-5-yl)thio]-_1H_-purine. The structural formula of azathioprine is: It is an imidazolyl derivative of 6-mercaptopurine and many of its biological effects are similar to those of the parent compound. Azathioprine, USP is a pale yellow, odorless powder. It is insoluble in water, soluble in dilute solutions of alkali hydroxides, sparingly soluble in dilute mineral acids, very slightly soluble in alcohol and in chloroform. The sodium salt of azathioprine is sufficiently soluble to make a 10 mg/mL water solution which is stable for 24 hours at 59° to 77°F (15° to 25°C). Azathioprine is stable in solution at neutral or acid pH but hydrolysis to mercaptopurine occurs in excess sodium hydroxide (0.1N), especially on warming. Conversion to mercaptopurine also occurs in the presence of sulfhydryl compounds such as cysteine, glutathione, and hydrogen sulfide. CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY Azathioprine is well absorbed following oral administration. Maximum serum radioactivity occurs at 1 to 2 hours after oral S-azathioprin Прочитајте комплетан документ