الأدوية والمكملات الغذائية

Precautions

Drug information provided by: Merative, Micromedex®

It is very important that your doctor check your or your child's progress at regular visits to make sure this medicine is working properly. Blood tests may be needed to check for unwanted effects.

Using this medicine while you are pregnant can harm your unborn baby. If you are a woman who can get pregnant, your doctor may do tests 1 week before treatment, during treatment, and for 1 month after the last dose. Use an effective form of birth control 1 month before treatment, during treatment, and for 1 month after the last dose. Tell your doctor right away if you think you have become pregnant.

You or your child should not donate blood to a blood bank during treatment and for 1 week after the last dose. This is to prevent a pregnant patient from receiving blood that contains the medicine.

This medicine may cause bone growth changes. Talk to your doctor if your child has lack or slowing of normal growth in children.

This medicine may decrease bone mineral density (bone thinning), which may increase the risk of fractures. Check with your doctor right away if you have back pain, bone or joint pain, difficulty in moving or walking, muscle pan or stiffness, or pain or swelling in the arms or legs without any injury.

This medicine may cause some people to be agitated, irritable, or display other abnormal behaviors. It may also cause some people to have suicidal thoughts and tendencies or to become more depressed. If you, your child, or your caregiver notice any of these side effects, check with you doctor right away.

Check with your doctor right away if you have dry eye, dry lips, dry skin, flushing, redness of the skin, itching skin, loss or thinning of the hair, peeling of the skin, or unusually warm skin. These maybe symptoms of serious skin reactions.

Avoid overexposing your skin to sunlight. Your skin will be more prone to sunburn, dryness, or irritation. Do not use a sunlamp or tanning beds. Use sunscreen or sunblock lotions with a sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 15 on a regular basis. Also, wear protective clothing and hats.

This medicine may decrease your ability to see in the dark. Do not drive or do anything else that could be dangerous until you know how this medicine affects you.

Do not take other medicines unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This includes prescription and nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicines, and herbal or vitamin supplements.