FARYDAK
Generic Name/API: panobinostat
Manufacturer: Siegfried Barbera, S.L.
Dosage Forms & Strength:
Capsule, 10mg, 15mg 20mg
Storage:
How to store Farydak
– Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.– Do not take this medicine after the expiry date, which is stated on the carton and blister foil.– Do not store above 30 °C.– Store in the original package in order to protect from moisture.– Do not take this medicine if you notice any damage to the packaging or if there are any signs of tampering.– Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater.
Ask your pharmacist how to throw away medicines you no longer use. These measures will help to protect the environment.
What Farydak is and what it is used for
What Farydak is
Farydak is an anti-cancer medicine that contains the active substance panobinostat, which belongs to a group of medicines called pan-deacetylase inhibitors.
What Farydak is used for
Farydak is used to treat adult patients with a rare type of blood cancer called multiple myeloma. Multiple myeloma is a disorder of plasma cells (a type of blood cell) that grow out of control in the bone marrow.
Farydak blocks the growth of cancerous plasma cells and reduces the number of cancer cells.
Farydak is always used together with two other medicines:
bortezomib and dexamethasone.
If you have any questions about how Farydak works or why you have been given it, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Warnings and precautions
Follow all your doctor’s instructions carefully.
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Farydak:– if you have liver problems or have ever had liver disease.– if you have heart or heartbeat problems, such as irregular
heartbeat or a condition called long QT syndrome.– if you have a bacterial, viral or fungal infection.– if you have gastrointestinal problems such as
diarrhoea, nausea or vomiting.– if you have blood clotting problems (coagulation disorder).
Tell your doctor or pharmacist straight away during
treatment with Farydak:– if you notice any signs of a gastrointestinal problem.– if you notice any signs of a liver problem.– if you notice any signs of an infection.– if you notice any signs of a heart problem.
The list of associated symptoms is provided in section 4,
Possible side effects.
Your doctor may need to change your dose, temporarily
stop or completely stop your treatment with Farydak in
case you experience side effects.
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