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Somatuline Autogel is a prolonged release formulation of lanreotide. Lanreotide is
an octapeptide, an analogue of a naturally occurring hormone, somatostatin. Lanreotide
lowers the levels of hormones in the body such as GH (growth hormone) and IGF-1 (insulin-like
growth factor-1).
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Imatinib is used to treat adults and children/adolescents who have chronic myeloid
leukaemia (CML) and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with Philadelphia chromosome positive
(Ph-positive ALL).
CML and ALL are types of leukaemia in which an abnormal chromosome produces an enzyme
that leads to uncontrolled growth of white blood cells. Imatinib kills the abnormal
cells while leaving normal cells alone.
Imatinib is also used to treat adults for:
myelodysplastic / myeloproliferative diseases (MDS/MPD).
These are a group of blood diseases in which some blood cells start growing out of
control.
Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) and or chronic eosinophilic leukaemia (CEL).
These are blood diseases in which some blood cells, named "eosinophils", start growing
out of control.
dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP).
DFSP is a cancer of the tissue beneath the skin in which some cells start growing
out of control.
Imatinib works by slowing the growth of abnormal cells. Imatinib kills the abnormal
cells while leaving normal cells alone.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed
for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed it for another purpose.
Imatinib is only available with a doctor's prescription. It is not addictive.
There is not enough information to recommend the use of imatinib in children under
3 years of age for most uses.
For use in CML, there is no experience with the use of imatinib in children below
2 years of age.
For acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph-positive
ALL), there is no experience with the use of imatinib in children below 1 year of
age.
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Do not use if you have ever had an allergic reaction to Atgam/equine antithymocyte
immunoglobulin or other horse proteins (equine gamma globulins) or any of the ingredients
listed at the end of the CMI.
It is possible for products developed from horse or human blood to carry infectious
diseases like viral hepatitis and AIDS.
Talk to your doctor if you have any other medical conditions, take any other medicines,
or if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant or are breastfeeding. For more information,
see Section 2. What should I know before treatment with Atgam? in the full CMI.
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Do not use if you have ever had an allergic reaction to Actonel EC or any of the ingredients
listed at the end of the CMI.
Talk to your doctor if you have any other medical conditions, take any other medicines,
or are pregnant or plan to become pregnant or are breastfeeding.
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Isoptin Injection is used to:
treat unusual fast heart beat
treat high blood pressure, also called hypertension
treat poor blood flow to the heart
prevent certain heart problems occurring during surgery
Your doctor may have prescribed Isoptin Injection for another reason. Ask your doctor
if you have any questions about why Isoptin Injection has been prescribed for you.
Isoptin Injection belongs to a group of medicines called calcium channel blockers
or calcium antagonists. They work by widening blood vessels which lets more blood
and oxygen reach the heart and at the same time lowers high blood pressure. Isoptin
Injection also helps control fast heart rate.
Isoptin does not change the amount of calcium in your blood or bones. Calcium in your
diet or in calcium supplements will not interfere with the way Isoptin Injection works.
Isoptin is available only with a doctor's prescription.
Isoptin Injection is not addictive.
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What Nupentin does
Nupentin is used to control epilepsy. Epilepsy is a condition where you have repeated
seizures (fits). There are many different types of seizures, ranging from mild to
severe.
Nupentin is also used to treat neuropathic pain, a type of pain caused by damage to
the nerves.
This medicine belongs to a group of medicines called anticonvulsants.
How Nupentin works
This medicine is thought to work by controlling brain chemicals which send signals
to nerves to help control seizures or neuropathic pain.
Nupentin also has pain relieving effects.
Your doctor may have prescribed Nupentin in addition to other medicines that you may
be taking. This may be necessary if your current treatment is no longer working as
well.
Your doctor may have prescribed Nupentin for another reason.
Nupentin may lead to dependence on this medicine.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why Nupentin has been prescribed for
you.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
Use in children
There is not enough information to recommend the use of this medicine in children:
under the age of 3 years to control epilepsy, or
under the age of 18 years to treat neuropathic pain.
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Check the list of ingredients at the end of the CMI. Do not use Lucrin if you have
ever had an allergic reaction to any of them.
Talk to your doctor before you use this medicine if he/she is not aware that you have
any other medical conditions, take any other medicines or are pregnant or plan to
become pregnant or are breastfeeding.
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The name of your medicine is ZIRCOL 10 or ZIRCOL 20, which is also known as lercanidipine.
ZIRCOL 10 and ZIRCOL 20 belong to a group of medicines called calcium channel blockers
(of the dihydropyridine group).
ZIRCOL 10 and ZIRCOL 20 lower high blood pressure, which is also called hypertension.
It works by relaxing some of the blood vessels in the body and reducing resistance
to the flow of blood through the blood vessels.
Everyone has blood pressure. This pressure helps get your blood all around your body.
Your blood pressure may be different at different times of the day, depending on how
busy or worried you are. You have hypertension (high blood pressure) when your blood
pressure stays higher than is needed, even when you are calm and relaxed.
There are usually no symptoms of hypertension. The only way of knowing that you have
hypertension is to have your blood pressure checked on a regular basis. If high blood
pressure is not treated it can lead to serious health problems. You may feel fine
and have no symptoms, but eventually hypertension can cause stroke, heart disease
and kidney failure. ZIRCOL 10 and ZIRCOL 20 help lower your blood pressure.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed
for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed it for another reason.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
There is no evidence that this medicine is addictive.
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RYDAPT contains the active ingredient midostaurin.
RYDAPT belongs to a group of medicines called protein kinase inhibitors. It is used
to treat certain types of white blood cell disorders.
RYDAPT is used to treat:
acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in adults who have a defect in a gene called FLT3. AML
is a type of cancer of white blood cells. White blood cells usually help the body
to fight infections, and in the case of AML, the body produces too many abnormal white
blood cells (named "myeloid" cells).
a disease called advanced systemic mastocystosis in adults. This is a disorder in
which the body produces too many mast cells, a type of white blood cell. Symptoms
are caused when too many mast cells get into organs like the liver, bone marrow and
spleen, or release substances like histamine into the blood.
RYDAPT works by blocking the action of some enzymes (kinases) of the abnormal cells
and stops their division and growth. At the start of the treatment in AML, RYDAPT
is always used together with other chemotherapies.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed
for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed it for another reason.
This medicine is not addictive.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
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