t your healthcare provider. You may get a rash during therapy. If this occurs, your healthcare provider may recommend medicine to treat the rash.
Hair thinning. Hair thinning is common during INTRON A treatment. Hair loss stops and hair growth returns after therapy is stopped.
These are not all the side effects of INTRON A or INTRON A/REBETOL® combination therapy. Your healthcare provider can give you a more complete list.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
General advice about prescription medicines
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Medication Guide. If you have any concerns about the INTRON® A product, ask your healthcare provider. Your health care provider can give you additional information about INTRON A. Do not use INTRON A for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not share this medication with other people.
This Medication Guide has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Manufactured by: Schering Corporation Kenilworth, NJ 07033 USA
Issued: August 2009
Copyright © 1996, 2008, Schering Corporation.
All rights reserved.
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Medication Guide Appendix: Instructions for Preparing and Giving a Dose of INTRON® A Powder for Injection
INTRON A medication has been supplied to you as a powder form that requires you to add the supplied liquid (DILUENT) to the powder. The liquid (DILUENT) is supplied to you in a vial.
The INTRON® A Powder for Injection may be supplied to you in 10 million IU, 18 million IU, or 50 million IU vials. These packages contain 1 vial of INTRON A powder and 1 vial of DILUENT (Sterile Water for Injection, USP). Syringes are not supplied to you. Talk to your healthcare provider about what syringes you should use.
Storing INTRON® A Powder for Injection
Before and after reconstitution, INTRON A Powder for Injection should be stored in the refrigerator between 2° and 8°C (36° and 46°F). DO NOT FREEZE.
NOTE: INTRON A Powder for Injection does not contain a preservative. The vial must be discarded after reconstitution and withdrawal of a single dose.
Preparing a dose of INTRON® A Powder for Injection
Find a well lit, clean, flat working surface such as a table. Collect the supplies you will need for an injection:
a vial of INTRON A powder
a vial of DILUENT (Sterile Water for Injection, USP)
a single-use, disposable syringe, as prescribed by your healthcare provider
a cotton ball or gauze
two alcohol swabs
a puncture-proof disposable container
Before removing the vials from the carton, check the expiration date printed on the carton to make sure that the expiration date has not passed. Do not use if the expiration date has passed.
Wash your hands with soap and warm water. It is important to keep your work area, your hands and injection site clean to minimize the risk of infection.
Gently warm the DILUENT vial by slowly rolling the vial in the palms of your hands for one minute.
Remove the protective caps from both vials (INTRON A powder and the supplied DILUENT). Clean the rubber stopper on the top of each vial with an alcohol swab.
Open the syringe package and remove the syringe.
Remove the needle cover from the syringe. Fill the syringe with air by pulling the plunger back to the mark on the syringe that matches the dose prescribed by your health care provider.
