Product Description

Decitafect 50mg Injection is an anti-cancer medicine containing the active constituent decitabine. It is used in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.  Acute myeloid leukemia is a type of blood cancer that arises from the bone marrow extending to other body parts, in which the blood cells produced multiply in an uncontrolled and abnormal way. This medicine is also used to treat myelodysplastic syndromes (a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are formed poorly or do not work properly). 

Inform your physician if you have an infection, liver disease, heart disease, kidney disease, and low blood count. Your doctor will monitor liver, kidney, and blood counts before the start of each treatment cycle. It is not recommended for children or adolescents under the age of 18. Tell your doctor if you are on a low salt diet as this medicine contains sodium. Administration of the medicine may lead to bone marrow suppression.

How to use

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

Uses

Treatment of Blood cancer
Treatment of Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Side Effects

Serious: 

• Fever (a sign of infection due to low white blood cells)
• Chest pain, cough accompanied with or without fever
• Bleeding, blood in stools
• Bleeding in the head (difficulty with moving, speaking, seeing; headache, seizures, weakness in any parts of the body)
• Allergic reactions (swelling of the lips, rash, itching, difficulty breathing)

Common: 

• Urine infection
• High blood sugar levels
• Feeling tired
• Diarrhea, vomiting, nausea
• Bruising
• Abnormal liver function

Storage

Store below 30℃