Product Description

Camusin 100mg Injection is an anticancer medicine containing the active constituent carmustine. It is used as palliative therapy (preventing and relieving the suffering of patients) in certain types of cancers, like multiple myeloma, Hodgkin’s disease, non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, and brain tumors (glioblastoma, medulloblastoma, astrocytoma, and metastatic brain tumors). Cancer is a disorder in which cells multiply in an uncontrolled and abnormal manner. This medicine is given alone or in combination with other medicines for the treatment of cancer. 

This medicine is not recommended for patients with low blood count. Administration of this medicine can cause delayed bone marrow (a spongy substance present inside the bone, which produces blood cells) suppression and lung damage. Your doctor will monitor your blood counts regularly. Camusin 100mg Injection may harm your unborn baby. Use effective birth control during the treatment and for at least six months after the last dose. Tell your doctor if you have seizures, liver disorders, or alcohol addiction, as this medicine contains alcohol.

How to use

Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Kindly do not self administer.

Uses

Treatment of Brain tumour

Side Effects

Serious:

• Severe allergic reactions (swelling of eyelids, face, lips, itching, rash, difficulty in breathing, feeling faint)
• Delayed myelosuppression (decrease in blood cells in bone marrow)
• Lung damage

Common:

• Headache, dizziness
• Blurred vision, redness in the eye
• Nausea, vomiting
• Darkening of an area of nails or skin
• Fall in blood pressure
• Inflammation of veins
• Constipation, diarrhea
• Hair loss
• Reactions at the injection site, flushing of the skin
• Anemia
• Lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements

Storage

Store below 30℃