Photofrin 75 mg Pulver till injektionsvätska, lösning

Land: Sverige

Språk: svenska

Källa: Läkemedelsverket (Medical Products Agency)

Aktiva substanser:

porfimernatrium

Tillgänglig från:

Synverdis GmbH

ATC-kod:

L01XD01

INN (International namn):

porfimer

Dos:

75 mg

Läkemedelsform:

Pulver till injektionsvätska, lösning

Sammansättning:

porfimernatrium 75 mg Aktiv substans

Klass:

Apotek

Receptbelagda typ:

Receptbelagt

Terapiområde:

Porfimernatrium

Produktsammanfattning:

Förpacknings: Injektionsflaska, 75 mg

Bemyndigande status:

Godkänd

Tillstånd datum:

2000-05-31

Bipacksedel

1
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE
USER
PHOTOFRIN 75 MG
POWDER FOR SOLUTION FOR
INJECTION
Porfimer
sodium
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU HAVE THIS
MEDICINE.
•
Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it
again.
•
If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or
nurse.
•
If any of the side effects gets serious, or if you notice any side
effects not listed in
this
leaflet, please tell your doctor or
nurse.
IN THIS
LEAFLET:
1. What Photofrin is and what it is used
for
2. Before you are given
Photofrin
3. How Photofrin will be
given
4.
Photosensitivity
5. Other possible side
effects
6. How to store
Photofrin
7. Further
information
1. WHAT PHOTOFRIN IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR
..
WHAT PHOTOFRIN
IS
Photofrin contains a medicine called porfimer sodium. It is used as
part of a treatment
called
‘photodynamic therapy’. Porfimer sodium is similar to
porphyrin-type substances that
occur
naturally in the blood, i.e.,
haemoglobin.
WHAT PHOTOFRIN IS USED
FOR
Photofrin is used to treat certain types of
cancer:
•
tumours in your lung called ‘Non-small cell cancer’ (endobronchial
cancer) - these
may
block your wind
pipe
•
tumours in your food pipe (oesophageal cancer) - these may block your
food
pipe
(oesophagus).
HOW PHOTOFRIN
WORKS
Photofrin works by killing abnormal cancer
cells.
•
The medicine is injected into your body and activated (‘switched
on’) by a red laser
light.
In this leaflet we call this ‘light
treatment’.
•
Using the medicine helps the laser to kill the abnormal cancer cells
exactly where it
is
needed.
•
Both the medicine and the light treatment are needed for the therapy
to work.
The
combination of medicine and light treatment is called ‘Photodynamic
Therapy’.
2. BEFORE YOU ARE GIVEN PHOTOFRIN
.
2
DO NOT HAVE PHOTOFRIN
IF:
•
you are allergic (hypersensitive) to porfimer sodium or any of the
other ingredients
of
Photofrin (listed in Section
7)
•
you are allergic (hypersensitive) to other
‘porphyrins’
•
you have serious breathing problems caused by

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