Composition
Inj: Thymopentin 1 mg; vial.
Indications & Dosage
Primary and secondary T-cell deficiency, Auto-immune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, Immunodeficiency disorders: Consult product literature for dosage and administration.
Stability
Protect from the light and with the temperature below 20C
Contraindications
Patients hypersensitive to this drug, and patients on immune suppressive drugs in organ transplantation during initial stages.
Precautions
Patients on immunosuppressive therapy (such as organ transplant recipients) should use this drug carefully unless the benefit of the treatment is greater than the risk significantly. Patients with chronic hepatitis B may increase the level of ALT transiently, if no omen for the hepatic failure, Thymopentin can be used continually.
Side Effects
Nausea, fever, dizziness, chest distress, and minor adverse reactions in the individual case. A small number of patients have somnolence occasionally.