Chlormethine

Generic name
Chlormethine
Brand name
ATC Code
L01AA05

Chlormethine

Dosages
Side effects in children
Warnings & precautions in children
Contra-indications in children

Interactions
PK
Renal impairment
References

Pharmacokinetics in children

No information

dose recommendation of formulary compared to licensed use (on-label versus off-label)

No information is present at this moment.

Available formulations

No information is present at this moment.

Dosages

Oncological conditions
  • Intravenous
    • 0 years up to 18 years
      • The dose and dosing frequency of cytostatic agents depend on the condition and are very much subject to new insights. Cytostatic drugs are mostly used in oncology and haematology in combinations. For this reason, please refer to the detailed treatment protocols; it is also the reason why no dose recommendations have been included

Renal impaiment in children > 3 months

No information available on dose adjustment in renal impairment.

The complete list of all undesirable drug reactions can be found in the national Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) – click here

Side effects

No information is present at this moment.

The complete list of all contra-indications can be found in the national Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) – click here

Contra-indications

No information available on specific contra indications in children.

The complete list of all warnings and precautions can be found in the national Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) – click here

Warnings & precautions in children

Extravasation: Directly inject the area with 4% sodium thiosulphate solution, then cool with ice for 6-12 hours. Chlormethine causes blisters.

Interactions

The complete list of all interactions can be found in the national Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) – click here

ALKYLATING AGENTS

This pages provides a list of drugs from the same ATC class for comparison. This does not necessarily mean that these drugs are interchangeable.

Nitrogen mustard analogues
L01AA01
L01AA06
Alkyl sulfonates
L01AB01
Ethylene imines
L01AC01

Reference

  1. Rademaker C.M.A. et al, Geneesmiddelen-Formularium voor Kinderen, 2007

Changes

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring


Overdose