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Contact SupplierBusulfan tablets contain a medicine called busulfan. This belongs to a group of medicines called cytotoxics (also called chemotherapy). Busulfan is used for certain blood problems and cancers of the blood. It works by reducing the number of new blood cells your body makes. Busulfan is used for Chronic granulocytic leukaemia (also called chronic myeloid leukaemia) – a disease that increases the number of white blood cells.
3s corporation is supplier, Exporter for Busulfan 2 mg tablets in India.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The recommended dose of busulfan in adult patients is 1 mg/kg every 6 hours for four days, starting seven days prior to transplantation. 60 mg/kg per day of cyclophosphamide is usually given for two days commencing 24 h after the final dose of Busulfan.
SIDE EFFECTS
Toxicity may include interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (“Busulfan Lung”), hyperpigmentation, seizures, hepatic (veno-occlusive disease) (VOD), emesis, and wasting syndrome. Busulfan also induces thrombocytopenia, a condition of lowered blood platelet count and activity. Seizures and VOD are serious concerns with busulfan therapy and prophylaxis is often utilized to avoid these effects. Hepatic VOD is a dose-limiting toxicity.
Antiemetics are often administered prior to busulfan to prevent emesis.