Treatment of acute non-lymphocytic leukemia which has not responded to earlier treatments.
Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?
Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient Pregnancy, simultaneously administration with radio therapy, myelosuppression and history of allergy.
Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication
Renal, hepatic and cardiac function monitoring. Repeated blood counts and uric acid estimation. Special precuation while handling the drug.
What are possible side effects of this medication ?
Diarrhoea, red colouration of urine, phlebitis, hair loss, nausea, vomiting, myelosuppression, cardiotoxicity, mucositis and oeseophagitis.