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amifostine, am-i-fos-teen, help prevent, lessen some side effects caused by other medicines, radiation therapy, treat cancer, dosage forms, parenteral, injection, using the medicine, weighed against the good it will do, for amifostine, allergic reaction to amifostine, amifostine has not been studied in pregnant women, in animal studies, large doses caused toxic, harmful effects, fetus, amifostine, birth defects , other harmful effects, fetus, usually recommended that women being treated for cancer use birth control, when breast-feeding , not known whether amifostine passes into the breast milk, when breast-feeding , is not recommended during treatment, children although this medicine has been given to a limited number, amifostine in children with use in other age groups, haven't been studied specifically in older people, problems in older people, amifostine has been given to a limited number, elderly people, amifostine, elderly with use in other age groups, an interaction might occur, change the dose, when you are receiving amifostine, health care professionals, amantadine, symmetrel, antidepressants, medicine for depression, antihypertensives, medicine for high blood pressure , antipsychotics, medicine for mental illness, beta-adrenergic blocking agents used, eye, betaxolol, betoptic, carteolol, ocupress, levobunolol, betagan, metipranolol, optipranolol, timolol, timoptic, bromocriptine, parlodel, deferoxamine, desferal, diuretics, water pills, levodopa, dopar, medicine for heart disease , nabilone, cesamet, with high doses, narcotic pain medicine, nimodipine, nimotop, pentamidine, pentam, pimozide, orap, promethazine, phenergan, trimeprazine, temaril, amifostine sometimes causes low blood pressure while, being injected, other medicines may add to this effect and increase the chance, a severe lowering, blood pressure during treatment, to stop taking the other medicine for a while before amifostine is given, do not stop taking it on my own, the doctor who is treating my cancer should plan the best way to avoid this problem together with the doctor who ordered the other medicine for you, other medical problems, amifostine, any other medical problems, dehydration, heart, blood vessel disease, low blood pressure, nausea, vomiting, stroke, transient ischemic attacks, sometimes, tias, ministrokes, amifostine's side effects can cause harm to patients with these conditions, kidney disease , low blood calcium, increased in people with some forms, kidney disease, amifostine will be different for different patients, it depends on the patient's size, the medicine will be given by, under the immediate supervision, the doctor treating you for cancer, for parenteral, dosage form, injection, for preventing, lessening side effects caused by medicines, treat cancer, 910 milligrams, for each square meter, body surface area, injected into a vein starting 30 minutes before the cancer medicine, use and dose will have, determined by the doctor, for preventing, lessening side effects caused by radiation therapy, treat cancer, 200 milligrams, for each square meter, body surface area, injected into a vein starting 15 to 30 minutes before the radiation treatment, use and dose will have, determined by the doctor, side effects, along with its needed effects, some unwanted effects, side effects may occur, may need medical attention, the person giving you the injection, feel dizzy, faint while the injection is being given, side effects occur later on, blurred vision , confusion, dizziness , faintness, lightheadedness when getting up from a lying, sitting position suddenly, fainting, consciousness, fast, irregular breathing, itching, nausea and vomiting , red, scaly , swollen, peeling areas, skin, swelling, eyes, eyelids, trouble in breathing, tightness in chest, wheezing, skin rash , sweating, unusual tiredness , weakness, burning, tingling sensation, convulsions, fast, slow, irregular heartbeat , pulse, bladder control, muscle cramps , muscle spasm, jerking, all extremities, palpitations, side effects may go away during treatment, body adjusts to the medicine, side effects continue, bothersome, fever, headache, nervousness, pounding, ears, sleepiness, severe, other side effects that sometimes occur are harmless and will go away without treatment, are, feeling unusually warm, cold, flushing, redness, face, neck, hiccups, other side effects, additional information once a medicine has been approved for marketing for a certain use, experience may show, also useful for other medical problems, this use is not included, product labeling, amifostine is used in certain patients with the following medical conditions, mucositis in patients receiving radiation therapy, radiation combined with chemotherapy, myelodysplastic syndromes other than, information, there is no additional information relating to, side effects, use, brand names, ethyol, ethyol, category antineoplastic adjunct cytoprotective agent