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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Reading the CMI does not take the place of counselling by a health professional.
Always talk to your doctor or pharmacist about all aspects of your medicines, including
why you are taking them and what benefits / risks you can expect.
The CMI for your medicine that is on this web site is the most up-to-date version
available. It may differ from a CMI that you previously received from your doctor
or pharmacist, or in your pack of medicine.
This web site does not contain all CMIs for medicines sold in Australia and not
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
DBL Leucovorin Calcium Injection and Tablets
06 May 2022
Do not use if you have ever had an allergic reaction to calcium folinate or any of
the ingredients listed at the end of the CMI or if you have a type of anaemia caused
by too little vitamin B12.
Talk to your doctor if you have any other medical conditions, have problems with your
kidneys or have diarrhoea; if you take any other medicines or are pregnant or plan
to become pregnant or are breastfeeding.
Discuss the need for any restrictions with food and drink with your doctor.
Talk to your doctor if you have any heart conditions or kidney problems.
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.
Do not use if you have ever had an allergic reaction to medicines containing magnesium
or any of the ingredients listed at the end of the CMI. Talk to your doctor if you
have any heart conditions or kidney problems.
Do not use if you have ever had an allergic reaction to DBL Methotrexate Injection
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 DBL Methotrexate Injection? in the full CMI.
You should not be given DBL Morphine Sulfate Injection if you have ever had an allergic
reaction to morphine 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.
Oxaliplatin belongs to a group of medicines called antineoplastic or cytotoxic medicines.
You may also hear of these being called chemotherapy medicines.
This medicine is used to treat cancers of the colon and rectum (colorectal cancer
or bowel cancer).
It is often used in combination with other medicines (such as fluorouracil and folinic
acid) to treat cancer.
Oxaliplatin works by killing cancer cells and/or stopping cancer cells from growing
and multiplying.
Because cancer cells are similar to normal cells, anti cancer drugs often have side
effects on normal cells.
Many side effects from anti cancer drugs are predictable and can be prevented or lessened.
Your doctor will take all the precautions need to reduce the side effects of treatment.
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 reason.
Oxaliplatin is not addictive.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
There is not enough information to recommend the use of this medicine for children.
Do not use if you have ever had an allergic reaction to papaverine hydrochloride or
any of the ingredients listed at the end of the CMI. Talk to your doctor if you have any other medical conditions and/or take any other
medicines. For more information, see Section 2. What should I know before I use DBL Papaverine Hydrochloride Injection? in the full CMI.
Do not use if you have ever had an allergic reaction to pentamidine or any of the
ingredients listed at the end of the CMI.
Talk to your doctor if you have any other medical conditions or take any other medicines.
DBL Pentamidine Isethionate is Pentamidine is not recommended for use during pregnancy
or breastfeeding. Speak to your doctor if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant
or are breastfeeding.
Do not start treatment if you have ever had an allergic reaction to phenytoin, or
to a group of medicines called hydantoins 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 treatment with DBL Phenytoin Injection? in the full CMI.
