Seek medical care or call 911 at once if you have the following serious side effects: Serious eye symptoms such as sudden vision loss, blurred vision,tunnel vision, eye pain or swelling, or seeing halos around lights; Serious heart symptoms such as fast, irregular, or pounding heartbeats; flu...
signs of eye infection--swelling, redness, severe discomfort, crusting or drainage;Your cancer treatments may be delayed or permanently discontinued if you have certain side effects.Common side effects of cytarabine may include:liver problems; fever; bleeding; nausea, vomiting, diarrhea; mouth...
of liposomal cytarabine 50mg. Hearing was regained withcorticosteroid treatment. Visual disturbances were developed by 8 patients; furthermore, 6 of those patients developeddouble visionandpapilledema. One patient developed decreasing visual sensitivity in one eye after the 5th dose of liposomal cytarabine...
Mucositis- Depending on dosage schedule, the lining of the digestive tract can be damaged causing diarrhoea and mouth sores Ara-C syndrome –Fever, muscle soreness, joint and bone pain,chest pain, rash and eye effects Peripheral neuropathies – Loss of sensation in the fingers and toes Bone mar...
Eye disorders are common side effects caused by cytarabine (AraC) being transported from the blood into tear fluid. In our institution, four times a day (FM4) or six times a day (FM6) of 0.1% fluorometholone eye drops are used to prevent AraC-induced eye disorders. In this study, we...
Gloves and gowns should not be worn outside the immediate preparation area. /Antineoplastic agents//PRECAUTIONS FOR ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS:/ Eyewash fountains should be available in areas where hazardous drugs are routinely handled. /Antineoplastic agents//PRECAUTIONS FOR ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS:/ Although ...
Fluorometholone eye dropsHigh-dose cytarabine (HiDAC) is known to cause eye disorders as a side effect of its therapeutic use. As the prophylactic effects of various eye drops have been reported, we retrospectively investigated the prophylactic effects of 0.1% fluorometholone eye drops on eye ...