Brand: Elitek
Generic: Rasburicase injection
Elitek is used for the treatment of high uric acid blood levels (hyperuricemia) that may be induced by cancer drugs during cancer treatments.
This medicine is used in both adults and children with certain types of cancer such as leukemia, lymphoma, or solid tumors. This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription in a medical facility.
Before using Elitek, you must know all about the risks and complications associated with it. For this medicine, ensure that you inform your medical doctor whether you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals.
For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully. Pediatric appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated pediatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of rasburicase injection in children. Geriatric appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of rasburicase injection in the elderly. In cases of pregnancy, pregnancies in animal studies have shown an adverse effect and there are no adequate studies in pregnant women or no animal studies have been conducted and there are no adequate studies in pregnant women.
Moreover, there are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding. It is also known that certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary.
Tell your healthcare professional if you are taking any other prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicine. Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Discuss with your healthcare professional the use of your medicine with food, alcohol, or tobacco. The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine.
Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, such as : Blood problems that may include; hemolysis, methemoglobinemia, history of or Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency which occurs as a hereditary metabolic disorder which affect the red blood cells. The use of this medicine in these patients is not recommended.
The administration of Elitek can only be done by a trained health professional, so it will be used in a hospital or clinic. This medicine is given through a needle placed in one of your veins. The medicine must be injected slowly, so the needle will need to stay in place for up to 30 minutes.
In using Elitek, you must be careful and take some precautions as advised by your doctor.
Regular medical checkups for you and your child while under treatment and receiving this dose is important to ensure that the dose is working properly. This will also inform on whether one needs to continue using the medicine. Blood tests may be needed to check for unwanted effects. This medicine may cause a serious type of allergic reaction called anaphylaxis.
Anaphylaxis can be life-threatening and requires immediate medical attention. Inform your doctor right away if you or your child has a rash, itching, dizziness, lightheadedness, swelling of your hands, face, or mouth, trouble with breathing, or chest pain after you get the injection. Patients of African or Mediterranean ancestry are at higher risk of serious side effects and should be carefully evaluated by their doctor before starting this medicine. Check with your doctor right away if you or your child develops any of the following symptoms: bluish-colored lips, fingernails, or palms, dark urine, fever, headache, pale skin, rapid heart rate, shortness of breath, sore throat, or unusual bleeding or bruising after you receive this medicine.
Side effects may occur in the cause of using Elitek and when they occur, medical attention will be required.
Check with your doctor or nurse immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
The most common side effects include:
The less common side effects include:
Some of the rare side effects to occur in such like places include:
Some of the side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
Less common bothersome side effects include:
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
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