Hydrea

How can this medicine affect other medicines?

It is important to tell your doctor or pharmacist what medicines you are already taking, including those bought without a prescription and herbal medicines, before you start treatment with this medicine. Similarly, check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking any new medicines during treatment this one, to ensure that the combination is safe.

There is a increased risk of side effects on normal healthy blood cells, such as a decrease in white blood cell count, if you are also receiving, or have recently received, other treatments that can affect the blood cells, for example radiotherapy treatment, or treatment with other chemotherapy medicines.

This medicine can decrease the body's immune response. This means that vaccines may be less effective if given during treatment, and live vaccines may cause serious infections. Live vaccines include: measles, mumps, rubella, MMR, oral polio, oral typhoid and yellow fever. If live vaccines are needed they should be postponed until at least six months after finishing chemotherapy.

If hydroxycarbamide is taken in combination with antiretrovirals to treat HIV infection, in particular stavudine and didanosine, there may be an increased risk side effects on the nerves, or liver damage or inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis) that may be life-threatening. Hydroxycarbamide is not licensed for use in combination with antiretroviral medicines for HIV infection and it may cause these treatments to fail.

Other medicines containing the same active ingredient

Hydroxycarbamide capsules are available without a brand name, ie as the generic medicine.

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