PEG-INTRON

Peg-Intron Information

Peg-Intron is a popular long acting interferon (a protein that is released in the patient’s organism in response to infections that are caused by viruses). An intake of this medicine helps the patient’s organism fight against viruses, regulates its cell reproduction and regulates its immune system.

Peg-Intron Indications

Peg-Intron Warnings

Peg-Intron Intake Guidelines

You ought to ask your personal health care provider to tell you exactly how and when it is best for you to take each of your doses of Peg-Intron. If you did not completely understand some of his or her directions we strongly recommend you to immediately ask a nurse or to a pharmacist for more detailed explanations. If you are in need of further information regarding Peg-Intron or your treatment with it, you should simply read the drug’s label.

Peg-Intron is administered only as a sub dermal injection. You will probably be administered this medicine by a professional health care provider (a nurse or a doctor) in a special medical setting. As this medicine is generally administered once a week, it is best if you are given the Peg-Intron injection at the same time each week. You should not use a medicine that looks discolored or that contains any sort of particles. Ask your personal health care specialist how you may properly dispose of your used syringes and needles.

Peg-Intron Dosage

Peg-Intron Overdose

If you think that you might be suffering from an overdose with Peg-Intron you should seek professional medical attention at once. You ought to alert your personal physician and your local poison control centre as soon as you can. If necessary, go to the nearest emergency room where you will receive a proper medical treatment for your condition. We have no information regarding the possible symptoms or effects that could be triggered by overdose with this medicine.

Peg-Intron Missed Dose

Each patient should do his or her best to take each of the prescribed doses of Peg-Intron at their due time. A missed dose of this medical product should be used the next day. After this, you may return to your initial dosing schedule. If you have missed your dose of this drug for more than a day, we recommend you to contact your personal health care specialist and ask him or her for further instructions. Do not use double doses of this medicine without your personal physician’s approval, as this increases your risk of developing overdose.

Peg-Intron Side Effects

Stop your treatment with this product as soon as possible, alert your personal health care provider as soon as possible and seek emergency medical care if you happen to experience depression; suicidal thoughts; abnormally irritable; nervousness (anxiousness), or if you develop any other behavior or mood changes. Some patients who had followed a treatment with Peg-Intron have developed severe behavior and / or mood medical disorders, lungs, heart, and eye disorders, and so on. If you start experiencing breathing difficulties, blurred vision, chest pain, or loss of vision you should alert your personal health care specialist as soon as you can.

Some patients who have followed a long term treatment with Peg-Intron have developed a severe decrease in their regular number of platelets and white blood cells. If your numbers of platelets or white blood cells get abnormally low, you are more prone to developing an infection or bleeding. You should alert your personal doctor at once if you experience any infection symptoms, fever, abnormal bruising and / or bleeding.

If you happen to develop any signs of an allergic reaction to this medicine (this includes breathing difficulties; hives; closing of the throat; swelling of the tongue, lips, or face), you must stop your treatment with Peg-Intron at once and alert your personal health care specialist. Seek professional medical care at once. A prolonged intake of this medicine could also trigger some other flu-like symptoms, especially at the beginning of the treatment with this medicine. You should try consuming plenty of liquids and medicines like Tylenol in order to ease these unpleasant symptoms. A treatment with Peg-Intron could also trigger some other less severe, but far more common side effects such as  :

• chills or fever;
• muscle aches;
• headache;
• vomiting, nausea, or loss of appetite;
• constipation or diarrhea;
• drowsiness or dizziness;
• thinning or loss of hair;
• itching, bruising, or irritation at the injection site.

Peg-Intron Drug Reactions

Before you are allowed to start using this medicine you ought to inform your personal health care specialist if you are currently using other drugs like theophylline (Theochron, Theo-Dur, Theolair, others), as a combination between them and Peg-Intron could trigger severe consequences. There are other medicines that could harmfully interact with a treatment with our product, therefore we strongly recommend you to ask your personal health care specialist if it is safe to start using (taking) other medical products during your treatment with this drug.  

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