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Is elitek a chemo drug?
This medication is used to prevent high blood levels of uric acid from occurring in children with cancer (such as leukemia, lymphoma, solid malignant tumors) who are about to receive cancer chemotherapy treatment.
How is elitek given?
HOW TO USE: This medication is given by injection into a vein, usually over 30 minutes, or as directed by your doctor. Rasburicase is given once a day for 5 days. Timing of cancer chemotherapy and rasburicase doses is important.
What is rasburicase used to treat?
Rasburicase injection is used to treat high levels of uric acid (a natural substance that builds up in the blood as tumors break down) in people with certain types of cancer who are being treated with chemotherapy medications. Rasburicase injection is in a class of medications called enzymes.
Is rasburicase a chemo drug?
Rasburicase is a drug given before and during chemotherapy to treat some types of leukaemia and lymphoma.
When do you give elitek?
DOSING AND ADMINISTRATION The first dose of rasburicase should be administered 4 to 24 hours before starting chemotherapy. Rasburicase is given as an intravenous infusion over 30 minutes and should not be given as a bolus infusion (4).
What is the normal range of uric acid in adults?
Normal values range between 3.5 to 7.2 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL). Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your provider about the meaning of your specific test results.
How quickly does rasburicase work?
Following administration of either 0.15 or 0.20 mg/kg rasburicase daily for up to 5 days, plasma uric acid levels decreased within 4 hours and were maintained below 7.5 mg/dL in 98% of adult and 90% of pediatric patients for at least 7 days.
How long does rasburicase last?
Rasburicase has a half-life of 17–21 hours and produces rapid (within 4 hours) and pronounced reductions in plasma uric acid concentrations.
How much does rasburicase cost?
Introduction: Rasburicase is widely used to treat and prevent TLS in cancer patients. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved dose is Intravenous 0.2 mg/kg/day for 5 days, which can cost up to 37,500$. However, many institutions adapted the use of fixed dosing for convenience and cost effectiveness.
What should my uric acid level be?
Is there a generic for allopurinol?
Allopurinol, Oral Tablet. Allopurinol oral tablet is available as a generic drug and as brand-name drugs. Brand names: Zyloprim and Lopurin.