Vincristine

Vincristine is a cancer medication that interrupts the growth of cancer cells and slows their spread in the patient’s body. Vincristine is used in the treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma which are soft tissue tumors, neuroblastoma which is cancer that forms in nerve tissue, leukemia, Hodgkin's disease and Wilms' tumor. Vincristine is sometimes used in a combination with other cancer medications. You should tell your doctor about all the medication you are on and the allergies you have. Do not use this medication if you suffer from nerve-muscle disorder, for example Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome, muscular dystrophy, ALS, myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis.

Before taking Vincristine be sure to ask your doctor to run tests to ensure Vincristine is safe for you, problems such as liver disease, breathing problems, epilepsy, a bacterial infection, a blockage in your intestines, or coronary artery disease can prevent Vincristine from doing its job or stop it completely or have undesired affects that can harm you. Side effects such as bronchospasm which include wheezing, tightness of the chest, trouble in breathing, burning, numbness, pain, or a tingly feeling, decreased weight with loss of muscle tissue are expected.

Information given here is based on the salt content of the medicine. Uses and effects of the medicine may vary from person to person. It is advisable to consult a Oncologist before using this medicine.

• Breast Cancer

• Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

• Pancreatic Cancer

• Kidney Cancer

• Blood Cancer

• Multiple Myeloma

• Lymphomas

• Bone Cancer

Information given here is based on the salt content of the medicine. Uses and effects of the medicine may vary from person to person. It is advisable to consult a Oncologist before using this medicine.

• Hair Loss

• Peripheral Neuropathy

• Constipation

Information given here is based on the salt content of the medicine. Uses and effects of the medicine may vary from person to person. It is advisable to consult a Oncologist before using this medicine.

• Is It safe with alcohol?

  Interaction with alcohol is unknown. Please consult your doctor.

• Are there any pregnancy warnings?

  Biocristin 1mg injection is unsafe to use during pregnancy.
  There is positive evidence of human fetal risk, but the benefits from use in pregnant women may be acceptable despite the risk, for example in life-threatening situations. Please consult your doctor.

• Are there any breast-feeding warnings?

  Biocristin 1mg injection is probably unsafe to use during breastfeeding. Please consult your doctor.

• Is it safe to drive while on this medicine?

  Advise patients not to drive or operate machinery if they experience any of these undesirable symptoms.

• Does this affect kidney function?

  There is no data available. Please consult doctor before consuming the drug.

• Does this affect liver function?

  There is no data available. Please consult doctor before consuming the drug.

Information given here is based on the salt content of the medicine. Uses and effects of the medicine may vary from person to person. It is advisable to consult a Oncologist before using this medicine.

Below is the list of medicines, which contains Vincristine as ingredient

• Biocristin Aq 1Mg Injection

  Biochem Pharmaceutical Industries

• Cytocristin 1Mg Injection

  Cipla Ltd

• Paracristine 1Mg Injection

  Parenteral Drugs India Ltd

• Vinstin 1Mg Injection

  Vhb Life Sciences Inc

• Biocristin 1Mg Injection

  Biochem Pharmaceutical Industries

• Cytocristin 2Mg Injection

  Cipla Ltd

• Oncocristin Aq 1Mg Injection

  Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd

• Ivin 1Mg Injection

  Vhb Life Sciences Inc

• Vcad 1Mg Injection

  Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd

• Onvinc 1Mg Injection

  Neon Laboratories Ltd

Information given here is based on the salt content of the medicine. Uses and effects of the medicine may vary from person to person. It is advisable to consult a Oncologist before using this medicine.

It is an antitumor drug, and it acts by blocking cell division via its interaction with tubulin at metaphase. Also, it interferes with another body mechanism too, that includes nucleic and lipid biosynthesis, cellular respiration, cAMP, Amino acid and glutathione metabolism, lastly influence the calmodulin-dependent Ca2+-transport ATPase activity.

Information given here is based on the salt content of the medicine. Uses and effects of the medicine may vary from person to person. It is advisable to consult a Oncologist before using this medicine.

• Vincristine-Drug Information Portal [Internet].druginfo.nlm.nih.gov 2022 [Cited 21 June 2022].Available from:

  https://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/name/vincristine

• Vincristine-DrugBank Online [Internet].go.drugbank.com 2022 [Cited 21 June 2022].Available from:

  https://go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00541

• VINCRISTINE injection,solution-DailyMed [Internet].dailymed.nlm.nih.gov 2022 [Cited 21 June 2022].Available from:

  https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/search.cfm?labeltype=all&query=VINCRISTINE