Who should not take Hycamtin?
The following conditions are contraindicated with this drug. Check with your physician if you have any of the following:
Conditions:
- a condition where there is formation of fibrous tissue in the lung called pulmonary fibrosis
- decreased blood platelets
- low levels of a type of white blood cell called neutrophils
- radiation therapy involving the lungs
- significantly decreased activity of the bone marrow
- anemia
- pregnancy
- neutropenic colitis
- lung tissue problem
- a patient who is producing milk and breastfeeding
- kidney disease with likely reduction in kidney function
- chronic kidney disease stage 5 (failure)
- chronic kidney disease stage 4 (severe)
- chronic kidney disease stage 3B (moderate)
- chronic kidney disease stage 3A (moderate)
Allergies:
- Camptothecin Analogues
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