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Introduction
Prospect: information for theuser
Dasatinib Stada 50 mg film-coated tablets
Dasatinib Stada 70 mg film-coated tablets
Read this prospect carefully before starting to take this medicinebecauseit contains important information foryou.
- Keep this prospect, as you may need to read it again.
- If you have any doubts, consult your doctor or pharmacist.
- This medicine has been prescribed only for you, and you must not give it to othersalthough they may have the same symptoms as you, as it mayharm them.
- If you experience any adverse effects, consult your doctor or pharmacist, even if they are not listed in this prospect. See section4.
Content of theprospect
1.What is Dasatinib Stada and for what it isused
2.What you need to know before starting to take Dasatinib Stada
3.How to take Dasatinib Stada
4.Possible adverseeffects
5.Storage of Dasatinib Stada
6.Contents of the package and additionalinformation
1. What is Dasatinib Stada and what is it used for
Dasatinib is also used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+) in adults, adolescents, and children at least 1 year of age and CML lymphoblastic lymphoma in adults who do not benefit from previous treatments. In patients with ALL, a type of white blood cell called lymphocytes multiply too quickly and live too long. Dasatinib inhibits the growth of these leukemia cells.
If you have any doubts about how dasatinib works or why you have been prescribed this medicine, consult your doctor.
2. What you need to know before starting to take Dasatinib Stada
Do not take Dasatinib Stada
??if you areallergicto dasatinib or any of the other ingredients in this medicine(listed in section6).
If you think you may be allergic, consult yourdoctor.
Warnings andprecautions
Consult your doctor or pharmacist before starting to take dasatinib.
??if you are takingblood thinnersor medications to prevent blood clots(seeDasatinib use with othermedicines)
??if you have or have had any liver or heart problems
??if you start to have difficulty breathing, chest pain, or cough while taking dasatinib: this may be a sign of fluid retention in the lungs or chest(which may be more common in patients aged 65 or older) or due to changes in the blood vessels that supply blood to thelungs
?if you have ever had or could have hepatitis B infection at this time. This is because dasatinib could make hepatitis B active again,whichcan be fatal in some cases. Your doctor shouldcarefully check for signs of this infection before starting treatment.
??if you experience bruising, bleeding, fever, fatigue, and confusion while taking dasatinib,contact your doctor. This may be a sign of damage to the blood vessels known as microangiopathic hemolytic anemia(MAHA).
Your doctor will monitor your condition periodically to check if dasatinib is having the desired effect.Regular blood tests will also be performed while you are taking dasatinib.
Children andadolescents
Do not administer this medicine to children under one year of age. The experience with the use of dasatinib in this age group is limited. In children taking dasatinib, close monitoring of growth and bone development is required.
Other medicines and Dasatinib Stada
Inform your doctor or pharmacistif you are taking, have taken recently, or may need to take any othermedicine.
Dasatinib is mainly metabolized by the liver. Some medicines may interfere with the effect of dasatinib when takentogether.
The following medicines should not be used during treatment with Dasatinib Stada::
??ketoconazole, itraconazole – antifungal
??erythromycin, clarithromycin, telithromycin –antibiotics
??ritonavir – an antiviral
??phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital – epilepsy treatments
??rifampicin – a treatment for tuberculosis
??famotidine, omeprazole – medications that block stomach acid secretion
??St. John's Wort – a plant-based medicine available over the counter for the treatment of depression and other conditions(also known asHypericum perforatum)
Do not take medications that neutralize stomach acid (antacids such as aluminum hydroxide/magnesium hydroxide) in the 2 hours before or 2 hours after taking dasatinib.
Inform your doctor if you are taking blood thinners or medications to prevent blood clots.
Taking Dasatinib Stada with food anddrinks
Do not take dasatinib with grapefruit or grapefruit juice.
Pregnancy andbreastfeeding
If you are pregnant or think you may be pregnant, inform your doctor immediately. Dasatinib should not be used during pregnancy unless clearly necessary. Your doctor will inform you of the potential risk of taking dasatinib during pregnancy.
Both men and women should use effective contraceptive methods during dasatinib treatment.
If you are breastfeeding, inform your doctor. You should stop breastfeeding while taking dasatinib.
Driving and operatingmachines
Be extra careful when driving or operating machines if you experience side effects such as dizziness or blurred vision.
Dasatinib Stada containslactose and sodium
If your doctor has told you that you have an intolerance to certain sugars, consult with them before taking this medicine.
This medicine contains less than 23 mg of sodium (1 mmol) per tablet; this is essentially “sodium-free”.
3. How to Take Dasatinib Stada
The recommended initial dose for adult patients with CML in the chronic phase is 100 mg once a day.
The recommended initial dose for adult patients with CML in the accelerated phase or in blast crisis orPh+ ALL is 140 mg once aday.
Dosing schedule in children with CML in the chronic phase or Ph+ ALL based on body weightdasatinib is administered orally once a day in both tablets and oral powder forsuspension. Dasatinib tablets are not recommended in patients weighing less than 10 kg.Theoral powder for suspension should be used in patients weighing less than 10 kg and in patients whocannotswallow tablets. A dose change can be made when switching betweenformulations (i.e., tablets and oral powder for suspension), so do not change from one formulation totheother.
Your doctor will decide on the correct formulation and dose based on your weight, side effects, andresponse to treatment. In children, the starting dose of dasatinib is calculated based on body weight asshownbelow:
Body weight (kg)a | Daily dose (mg) |
10 to less than 20kg | 40 mg |
20 to less than 30kg | 60 mg |
30to less than45 kg | 70 mg |
At least 45 kg | 100 mg |
No tablets are recommended in patients weighing less than 10 kg, the oral powder for suspension should be used in these patients.
No dose recommendation is available for dasatinib in children under 1 year ofage.
Depending on how you respond to treatment, your doctor may prescribe a higher or lower dose, or eveninterruptthe treatment briefly. To take higher or lower doses, you may need to take combinations of tablets of differentconcentrations.
How to take Dasatinib Stada
Take the tablets at the same time every day.Swallow the tablets whole. Do not crush, cut, or chew. Do not take the tablets dissolved. It cannot be guaranteed that you will receive the correct dose if you crush, cut, chew, or disperse the tablets. Dasatinib tablets can be taken with or withoutfood.
Special instructions for handling Dasatinib Stada
It is unlikely that dasatinib tablets will break, but if they break, people who are not patients should use gloves when handlingdasatinib.
For how long to take Dasatinib Stada
Take dasatinib daily until your doctor tells you to stop treatment.Make sure to take dasatinib for the time prescribed.
If you take more Dasatinib Stada than youshould
If you accidentally take too many tablets, consult your doctorimmediately.You may need medicalattention.
In case of overdose or accidental ingestion, consult your doctor or pharmacist immediately or call the Toxicology Information Service, phone: 91 562 04 20, indicating the medication and the amount ingested.
If you forgot to take Dasatinib Stada
Do not take a double dose to make up for the missed doses. Take the next scheduled dose at the usualtime.
If you have any other questions about the use of this medication, ask your doctor orpharmacist.
4. Possible Adverse Effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everyone will experience them.
The following may be signs of serious side effects:
?? If you have chest pain, difficulty breathing, coughing, and shortness of breath.
?? If you have unexpected bleeding or bruising without injury.
?? If you see blood in your vomit, stool, or urine, or have black stools.
?? If you develop symptoms of infection, such as fever, chills, and intense shivering.
?? If you have fever, mouth or throat pain, itching, or skin and mucous membrane peeling.
Contact your doctor immediately if you notice any of the above.
Very common side effects (may affect more than 1 in 10 people)
?? Infections (caused by bacteria, viruses, and fungi).
?? Heart and lungs: difficulty breathing.
?? Digestive problems: diarrhea, nausea, vomiting.
?? Skin, hair, eyes, general: skin rash, fever, swelling in the face, hands, and feet, headache, fatigue, weakness, hemorrhages.
?? Pain: muscle pain (during or after stopping treatment), abdominal pain.
?? Laboratory tests: low platelet count, low white blood cell count (neutropenia), anemia, fluid around the lungs.
Common side effects (may affect up to 1 in 10 people)
?? Infections: pneumonia, herpes virus infection (including cytomegalovirus - CMV), upper respiratory tract infection, severe blood or tissue infection (including rare cases with fatal outcomes).
?? Heart and lungs: palpitations, irregular heartbeat, congestive heart failure, weak heart muscle, high blood pressure, high blood pressure in the lungs, coughing.
?? Digestive problems: changes in appetite, changes in taste, abdominal distension or swelling, colon inflammation, constipation, gastroesophageal reflux, mouth ulcers, weight gain, gastritis.
?? Skin, hair, eyes, general: skin pruritus, dry skin, acne, skin inflammation, persistent ringing in the ears, vision disturbances (including blurred vision and distorted vision), dry eyes, carotenemia, depression, insomnia, hot flashes, dizziness, bruises, anorexia, somnolence, generalized edema.
?Dolor: joint pain, muscle weakness, chest pain, pain in the legs and hands, chills, muscle stiffness and joint stiffness, muscle spasms.
?? Laboratory tests: fluid around the heart, fluid in the lungs, arrhythmias, neutropenic fever, deficiency in all blood cells, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, elevated uric acid levels in the blood.
Rare side effects (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people)
?? Heart and lungs: heart attack (including fatal outcomes), pericarditis, irregular heartbeat, angina, low blood pressure, respiratory tract constriction, asthma, high blood pressure in the arteries supplying the lungs.
?? Digestive problems: pancreatitis, peptic ulcer, intestinal obstruction, anal fistula, renal insufficiency, diabetes.
?? Skin, hair, eyes, general: convulsions, optic nerve inflammation that can cause complete or partial vision loss, blue or purple skin discoloration, elevated thyroid function, thyroid gland inflammation, ataxia (associated with muscle coordination loss), difficulty walking, spontaneous abortion, skin inflammation of blood vessels, cutaneous fibrosis.
?? Brain: cerebral hemorrhage, transient neurological insufficiency caused by blood flow loss, facial nerve paralysis, dementia.
?? Immune system: severe allergic reactions.
?? Connective tissue and musculoskeletal: delayed fusion of rounded ends forming joints (epiphysis); slow or delayed growth.
Other side effects that have been reported with unknown frequency (cannot be estimated from available data)
?? Pneumonia inflammation.
?? Bleeding in the stomach or intestine that can cause death.
?? Recurrence (reactivation) of hepatitis B virus infection if you have had hepatitis B in the past (a liver infection).
?? Reaction with fever, skin blisters, and mucous membrane ulceration.
?? Renal disorders with symptoms such as edema and abnormal laboratory test results such as protein in the urine and low protein levels in the blood.
?? Vascular damage known as microangiopathic thrombosis (MAT), which includes decreased red blood cell count, decreased platelet count, and blood clot formation.
Your doctor will check if you have any of these side effects during your treatment.
Reporting side effects
If you experience any type of side effect, consult your doctor or pharmacist, even if it is a possible side effect that does not appear in this leaflet. You can also report them directly through the Spanish System for Pharmacovigilance of Medicines for Human Use: https://www.notificaram.es. By reporting side effects, you can contribute to providing more information on the safety of this medicine.
5. Conservation of Dasatinib Stada
Keep this medication out of the sight and reach of children.
Do not use this medication after the expiration date that appears on the label of thecontainer, blister pack or packagingafter CAD. The expiration date is the last day of the month indicated.
This medication does not require special conditions ofconservation.
Medications should not be disposed of through drains or in the trash. Dispose of the containers and medications you no longer need at the SIGRE collection point at the pharmacy. If in doubt, ask your pharmacist how to dispose of the containers and medications you no longer need. By doing so, you will help protect the environment.
6. Contents of the packaging and additional information
Composition of Dasatinib Stada
- The active ingredient is dasatinib. Each film-coated tablet contains 50 mg or 70 mg of dasatinib..
- The other components are:
Core tablet:lactose monohydrate (200); microcrystalline cellulose (101 and 102); sodium croscarmellose; hydroxypropyl cellulose (MW 80,000); magnesium stearate.
Film coating:lactose monohydrate; hypromellose (15 mPas); titanium dioxide (E171); triacetin.
(See section 2 "Dasatinib Stada contains lactose and sodium”).
Appearance of the product and contents of thepackage
Dasatinib Stada 50 mg: film-coated tablet, white to off-white, biconvex, oval, approximately 11.0 mm in length and approximately 6.0 mm in width, with "D7SB" engraved on one face and "50" on the other.
Dasatinib Stada 70 mg: film-coated tablet, white to off-white, biconvex, round, approximately 9.1 mm in diameter, with "D7SB" engraved on one face and "70" on the other.
Dasatinib Stada 50 mg is available in packages containing 56 or 60 film-coated tablets in blisters, or in packages containing 56 x 1 or 60 x 1 film-coated tablets in unit-dose blisters. It is also available in bottles containing 60 film-coated tablets.
Dasatinib Stada 70 mg is available in packages containing 56 or 60 film-coated tablets in blisters, or in packages containing 56 x 1 or 60 x 1 film-coated tablets in unit-dose blisters. It is also available in bottles containing 60 film-coated tablets.
Only some package sizes may be marketed.
Marketing authorization holder and manufacturer
Marketing authorization holder
STADA, S.L.
Frederic Mompou, 5
08960 Sant Just Desvern (Barcelona)
Spain
Manufacturer
Synthon Hispania, S.L.
Castelló, 1
08830 Sant Boi de Llobregat
Barcelona
Spain
or
Synthon BV
Microweg 22
6545 CM Nijmegen
Netherlands
This medicinal product is authorized in the member states of the European Economic Area with the following names:
GermanyDasatinib Heumann 50 mg Filmtabletten
Dasatinib Heumann 70 mg Filmtabletten
SpainDasatinib Stada 50 mg film-coated tablets
Dasatinib Stada 70 mg film-coated tablets
EstoniaDasatinib Norameda
FinlandDasatinib Avansor 50 mg tabletti, kalvopäällysteinen / tablett, filmdragerad
GreeceASATINIB/FARAN
HungaryDasatinib Onkogen 50 mg filmtabletta
Dasatinib Onkogen 70 mg filmtabletta
LithuaniaDasatinib Norameda 50 mg plevele dengtos tabletes
Dasatinib Norameda 50 mg plevele dengtos tabletes
NetherlandsDasatinib Synthon 50 mg, filmomhulde tabletten
Dasatinib Synthon 70 mg, filmomhulde tabletten
SwedenDasatinib Avansor 50 mg tablett, filmdragerad
Date of the last review of this leaflet:November 2023.
The detailed and updated information on this medicinal product is available on the website of the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS)http://www.aemps.gob.es/
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