What is Ado-trastuzumab emtansine injection? and What is Ado-trastuzumab emtansine injection used for?
Ado-trastuzumab emtansine injection is used to treat a certain type of breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and has not improved or has worsened after treatment with other medications.
Ado-trastuzumab emtansine is also used after surgery for a certain type of breast cancer in women who have had treatment with other chemotherapy medications before surgery, but there was still cancer remaining in the tissue removed during surgery.
Ado-trastuzumab emtansine is in a class of medications called antibody-drug conjugates. It works by killing cancer cells.
How to use Ado-trastuzumab emtansine injection?
Ado-trastuzumab emtansine injection comes as a powder to be mixed with liquid and infused (injected slowly) into a vein by a doctor or nurse in a hospital or medical facility. It is usually injected once every 3 weeks.
The length of your treatment depends on how well your body responds to the medication and the side effects that you experience.
Ado-trastuzumab emtansine injection may cause serious infusion-related reactions, which may occur during or shortly after the infusion of the medication. It should take 90 minutes for you to receive your first dose of ado-trastuzumab emtansine.
A doctor or nurse will watch you closely to see how your body reacts to this medication.
If you do not have any serious problems when you receive your first dose of ado-trastuzumab emtansine, it will usually take 30 minutes for you to receive each of your remaining doses of the medication.
If you experience any of the following symptoms, tell your doctor immediately: flushing; fever; chills; dizziness; lightheadedness; fainting; shortness of breath; difficulty breathing; or fast, irregular, or pounding heartbeat.
Your doctor may need to delay your treatment, slow down the infusion, or stop your treatment if you experience certain side effects.
Be sure to tell your doctor how you are feeling during your treatment with ado-trastuzumab emtansine.
When to use Ado-trastuzumab emtansine injection?
Before receiving ado-trastuzumab emtansine,
tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to ado-trastuzumab emtansine, trastuzumab, any other medications, or any of the ingredients in ado-trastuzumab emtansine injection. A
tell your doctor and pharmacist what prescription and nonprescription medications, vitamins, nutritional supplements, and herbal products you are taking or plan to take.
Be sure to mention the medications listed: apixaban (Eliquis), aspirin (Durlaza, in Aggrenox, others), atazanavir (Reyataz, in Evotaz), cilostazol (Pletal), clarithromycin (Biaxin, in Prevpac), clopidogrel (Plavix), dabigatran (Pradaxa), dalteparin (Fragmin), dipyridamole (Persantine, in Aggrenox), edoxaban (Savaysa), enoxaparin (Lovenox), fondaparinux (Arixtra), heparin, indinavir (Crixivan), itraconazole (Onmel, Sporanox), ketoconazole, nefazodone, nelfinavir (Viracept), prasugrel (Effient), ritonavir (Norvir, in Kaletra, Technivie, Viekira Pak), rivaroxaban (Xarelto), saquinavir (Invirase), telithromycin (Ketek), ticagrelor (Brilinta), vorapaxar (Zontivity), voriconazole (Vfend), and warfarin (Coumadin, Jantoven). Your doctor may need to change the doses of your medications or monitor you carefully for side effects.
tell your doctor if you are of Asian descent, or if you have or have ever had any of the conditions mentioned: trouble breathing, even when resting, radiation therapy, or any other medical condition.
tell your doctor if you are breastfeeding. You should not breastfeed while receiving ado-trastuzumab emtansine injection and for 7 months after your final dose.
What special dietary instructions should I follow?
Talk to your doctor about eating grapefruit and drinking grapefruit juice while receiving this medication.
What side effects can Ado-trastuzumab emtansine injection cause?
Ado-trastuzumab emtansine may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
constipation.
diarrhea.
upset stomach.
sores in the mouth and throat.
dry mouth.
changes in ability to taste.
joint or muscle pain.
headache.
dry, red, or teary eyes.
blurry vision
trouble falling asleep or staying asleep.
Информация по комментариям в разработке