PrescriptionGiant is a FREE prescription savings program that can save you up to 75% on your prescriptions with or without insurance!

Campath (Generic Alemtuzumab Injection)

Actual product appearance may differ slightly.

Click the CARD below to print or take a screenshot on your mobile phone or tablet. There is no need to download another app!

If you would like to personalize your card enter your full name in the member name field below the card at this link and click the Update button.


WARNING

Your bone marrow’s capacity to produce blood cells may decline as a result of alemtuzumab injection. Call your doctor right away if you have any of the following symptoms: Little crimson or purple blood patches on your body, odd bruises, pale skin, weakness, or extreme exhaustion are all signs of abnormal bleeding. You may bleed profusely from tiny cuts or scrapes, so you will need to take particular care to prevent damage while receiving treatment. Avoid contact sports and other potentially harmful activities, shave with an electric razor, and clean your teeth with a gentle toothbrush.

The injection of alemtuzumab may impair your ability to fight infection and raise your chance of contracting a serious or fatal infection. If you experience any infection-related symptoms, such as fever, coughing, sore throat, or a wound that is red, leaking pus, or takes a long time to heal, call your doctor right once.

During the course of your alemtuzumab injection therapy, you will need to take steps to lower the risk of infection. To avoid infection, your doctor will prescribe a number of drugs. You must take these drugs during your treatment and for at least two months after it is over. Take these medications as prescribed by your doctor. Besides from avoiding contact with those who have contagious illnesses like colds and coughs, you should also wash your hands frequently. You should only receive irradiated blood products if you require a blood transfusion of any kind while receiving alemtuzumab injectable treatment (blood products that have been treated to prevent a certain serious reaction that may occur in people who have weakened immune systems).

When receiving a dose of alemtuzumab injection, you could have a severe or fatal reaction. Each drug dose will be administered to you in a medical setting, and your doctor will closely watch over you throughout the process. To stop these responses, your doctor will prescribe certain drugs. These pills should be consumed just before each dose of alemtuzumab. In order to give your body time to get used to the drug, your doctor will start you on a low dose of alemtuzumab and then gradually increase it. Inform your doctor right once if you suffer any of the following symptoms during or following your infusion: fever, chills, nauseousness, vomiting, hives, rash, itching, trouble swallowing or breathing, delayed breathing, throat tightening; hoarseness, lightheadedness, dizziness, fainting, fast or irregular heartbeat, or chest pain are all symptoms of swelling of the eyes, face, mouth, lips, tongue, or throat.

Maintain all scheduled times with your physician and the lab. As part of your treatment and to monitor how your body is responding to the alemtuzumab injection, your doctor may order specific tests.

The dangers of receiving an injection of alemtuzumab should be discussed with your doctor.

Why is this medication prescribed?

B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia is treated with alemtuzumab injection (B-CLL; a slowly developing cancer in which too many of a certain type of white blood cell accumulate in the body). A group of drugs known as monoclonal antibodies includes alemtuzumab. It functions by triggering the immune system to eliminate cancer cells.

For the treatment of multiple sclerosis, alemtuzumab is also offered as an injectable (Lemtrada) (a disease in which the nerves do not function properly; you may experience weakness, numbness, loss of muscle coordination and problems with vision, speech, and bladder control). Alemtuzumab injection (Campath) for B-CLL is the only topic covered in this monograph. Please read the Alemtuzumab Injection monograph if you are receiving alemtuzumab for multiple sclerosis (Multiple Sclerosis).

How should this medicine be used?

In a hospital or doctor’s office, a doctor or nurse will administer alemtuzumab injection intravenously (into a vein) over the course of at least two hours. For the first three to seven days, alemtuzumab injection is often administered in progressively increasing doses to give the body time to adjust to the medication. Alemtuzumab injection is often administered three times per week on alternate days (typically Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) for up to 12 weeks after the body has adjusted to the required amount.

Before each dosage of alemtuzumab injection, you may feel sleepy from the drugs you take. You should usually ask a friend or relative to accompany you when you receive your medication and to drive you home afterward.

The duration of your alemtuzumab injection treatment will likely be 12 weeks, even though your condition may start to get better as soon as 4 to 6 weeks after you start it. On the basis of how well the drug works for you and the adverse effects you encounter, your doctor will decide whether to continue your therapy and may change your dose.

Other uses for this medicine

Ask your doctor or pharmacist for more details if you believe this drug should be used for something else.

What special precautions should I follow?

Before receiving alemtuzumab injection,

  • If you have an allergy to alemtuzumab injection or any other drugs, let your doctor and pharmacist know right away.
  • Inform your doctor and pharmacist about all prescription and over-the-counter drugs, vitamins, dietary supplements, and herbal products that you are now taking or intend to use.
  • If you have or have previously had any medical issues, let your doctor know.
  • If you or your partner are expecting a child, let your doctor know right away. Before beginning therapy, you must perform a pregnancy test, and you must use birth control to avoid getting pregnant while receiving treatment and for three months after your last dose. Call your doctor right away if you find out you’re pregnant while receiving alemtuzumab injectable therapy. The foetus could be harmed by alemtuzumab.
  • If you are breastfeeding, let your doctor know. For three months following the last dosage of alemtuzumab, you shouldn’t breastfeed.
  • While receiving alemtuzumab injectable therapy or immediately after, avoid receiving any live vaccines without first consulting your doctor. Infants may need to wait a particular amount of time before receiving live immunisations if mothers who are receiving alemtuzumab injection during pregnancy.
  • You should be aware that both men and women may have less fertility as a result of this medicine. Ameltuzumab dangers should be discussed with your doctor.
  • Inform your surgeon or dentist that you are receiving an alemtuzumab injection if you are undergoing surgery, including dental surgery.

What special dietary instructions should I follow?

Keep eating normally unless your doctor instructs you otherwise.

What side effects can this medication cause?

Side effects from alemtuzumab injection are possible. If any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away, let your doctor know right once:

  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Abdomen ache
  • Diarrhea
  • Diminished appetite
  • Oral ulcers
  • Headache
  • Anxiety
  • Having issues getting to sleep or staying asleep
  • Uncontrolled shaking of a bodily portion
  • Muscle pain

Certain adverse effects can be very harmful. Call your doctor right away or seek emergency medical attention if you develop any of these signs or any of the ones detailed in the IMPORTANT CAUTION section:

  • Drooping on one side of the face, abrupt weakness or numbness in a leg or arm, particularly on one side of the body, or trouble speaking or understanding
  • Weariness, weight gain, and ankle and leg edoema. or frothy urination (may occur months or years after your final dose)

Further negative effects of alemtuzumab are possible. If you have any strange side effects while taking this medicine, call your doctor right away.

You or your doctor can submit a report to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting programme online or by phone if you have a serious side event (1-800-332-1088).

In case of emergency/overdose

Call the poison control hotline at 1-800-222-1222 in the event of an overdose. Moreover, information can be found online at https://www.poisonhelp.org/help. Call 911 right once if the person has collapsed, experienced a seizure, is having difficulty breathing, or cannot be roused.

Overdose signs could include the following:

  • Chokes up in the throat
  • Having trouble breathing
  • Cough
  • Less urinations
  • Significant bruising or bleeding
  • On the skin, reddish or purple patches
  • Weakness
  • Pale skin
  • Extreme fatigue
  • Infection symptoms such as a sore throat, fever, chills, and others
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Hives
  • Rash
  • Itching
  • Enlargement of the tongue, lips, throat, cheeks, or eyes
  • Rapid or erratic heartbeat
  • Fainting
  • Chest ache

What other information should I know?

Ask your pharmacist any queries you may have regarding the injection of alemtuzumab.

You should keep a written record of every medication you take, including any over-the-counter (OTC) items, prescription drugs, and dietary supplements like vitamins and minerals. This list should be brought with you whenever you see a doctor or are admitted to the hospital. You should always have this information with you in case of emergencies.

Brand names

  • Campath®
Copyright © 2023 PrescriptionGiant.com