Who should not take Epirubicin HCL Vial?
The following conditions are contraindicated with this drug. Check with your physician if you have any of the following:
Conditions:
- high amount of bilirubin in the blood
- severe liver disease
- pregnancy
- a patient who is producing milk and breastfeeding
- severe renal impairment
- stomatitis
- a condition with painful swelling and sores inside the mouth
- abnormal EKG with QT changes from birth
- sudden and serious symptoms of heart failure called acute decompensated heart failure
- chronic heart failure
- life-threatening irregular heart rhythm
- abnormal heart rhythm
- cardiomyopathy
- a disease of the heart muscle
- heart attack within the last 30 days
- a heart attack
- low levels of a type of white blood cell called neutrophils
- decreased blood platelets
- anemia
- significantly decreased activity of the bone marrow
- a bad infection
Allergies:
- Anthracyclines
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