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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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why you are taking them and what benefits / risks you can expect.
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available. It may differ from a CMI that you previously received from your doctor
or pharmacist, or in your pack of medicine.
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all medicines have a CMI available for them. If you do not find a CMI for your medicine
on this page, contact the pharmaceutical company who makes the medicine or talk
to your doctor or pharmacist. The information on this web site is intended for use
in Australia only.
Product name
Date released
Dapa-Tabs
11 May 2022
DAPA-TABS is used either alone or in combination with other medicines in the treatment
of high blood pressure (hypertension).
DAPA-TABS contains the active ingredient indapamide hemihydrate, which belongs to
a group of medicine called chlorosulphamoyl diuretics (a type of "fluid" or "water"
tablet).
Why DAPA-TABS is used for high blood pressure
Everyone has blood pressure. This pressure helps to circulate blood all around the
body. Your blood pressure may be different at different times of the day, depending
on how busy or stressed you are.
You have high blood pressure (also known as hypertension) when your blood pressure
stays higher than is needed, even when you are calm and relaxed.
If high blood pressure is not treated it can lead to serious health problems. You
may feel fine and have no symptoms, but eventually it can cause stroke, heart disease
and kidney failure.
DAPA-TABS helps to lower blood pressure.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why DAPA-TABS has been prescribed
for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed DAPA-TABS for another purpose.
DAPA-TABS is not recommended for use in children, as its safety and effectiveness
in children have not been established.
DAPA-TABS is available only with a doctor's prescription.
DARZALEX is an anti-cancer medicine and contains the active substance daratumumab.
This belongs to a group of medicines called “monoclonal antibodies”. One of the ways
monoclonal antibodies work is by attaching themselves to specific cancer cells in
your body, so your immune system can destroy them.
DARZALEX is used to treat adults with multiple myeloma (cancer of the bone marrow).
Your doctor may have prescribed DARZALEX for another reason.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why DARZALEX has been prescribed for
you.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
DARZALEX SC is an anti-cancer medicine and contains the active substance daratumumab.
This belongs to a group of medicines called “monoclonal antibodies”. One of the ways
monoclonal antibodies work is by attaching themselves to specific abnormal blood cells
in your body, so your immune system can destroy them.
DARZALEX SC is used to treat adults with multiple myeloma (cancer of the bone marrow).
DARZALEX SC is also used to treat adults with AL amyloidosis (also known as light
chain amyloidosis, a type of blood disorder). In AL amyloidosis, abnormal blood cells
make excessive amounts of abnormal proteins that deposit in various organs, causing
these organs to not function properly.
Your doctor may have prescribed DARZALEX SC for another reason.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why DARZALEX SC has been prescribed
for you.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
Do not use if you have ever had an allergic reaction to DASATINIB-TEVA or any of the
ingredients listed at the end of the CMI.
Talk to your doctor if you have any other medical conditions, take any other medicines,
or are pregnant or plan to become pregnant or are breastfeeding. For more information, see Section 2. What should I know before I use DASATINIB-TEVA? in the full CMI.
Daunorubicin belongs to a group of anticancer medicines known as cytotoxic anthracycline
antibiotics. Daunorubicin works by preventing the growth of cancer cells and eventually
destroying them. It is used to treat different types of cancers including the following
types of cancers:
leukaemia, a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow (the organ that
produces blood cells) or a type of blood cancer where excess of immature white blood
cells is made by the bone marrow.
cancer in the small glands on top of the kidneys (adrenal glands)
cancer affecting muscle cells.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed
for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed it for another purpose.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
Do not use if you have ever had an allergic reaction to aciclovir, valaciclovir, or
any of the ingredients listed at the end of the CMI.
Talk to your doctor if you have any other medical conditions, take any other medicines,
or are pregnant or plan to become pregnant or are breastfeeding.
Amikacin is an antibiotic that belongs to a group of medicines called aminoglycosides
(pronounced a-my-noe-GLY-koe-sides). It is used to treat serious bacterial infections.
Amikacin works by killing bacteria or preventing their growth.
Your doctor may have prescribed amikacin for another reason.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why amikacin has been prescribed for
you.
This medicine is available only with a doctor’s prescription.
Do not start treatment if you have ever had an allergic reaction to aminophylline,
theophylline, ethylenediamine or any medicines or substances. Talk to your doctor if you have any other medical conditions, take any other medicines,
or are pregnant or plan to become pregnant or are breastfeeding. For more information, see Section 2. What should I know before treatment with DBL Aminophylline Injection? in the full CMI.
Atracurium (at-tra-CURE-ee-um) is a muscle relaxant medicine. It is usually used together
with a general anaesthetic to assist the use of a mechanical ventilator.
It is used prior to surgery to provide muscle relaxation during surgery or to provide
muscle relaxation for medically assisted breathing. It will be given to you or your
child when you/they are asleep during surgery.
It works by blocking acetylcholine, one of the body’s chemical messengers. Acetylcholine
is involved in muscle contraction.
However, your doctor may have prescribed Atracurium Besylate Injection for another
purpose.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why it has been prescribed for you.
