Fuzeon Side Effects
Serious Side Effects:
If you experience these side effects, call your doctor immediately-
- Oozing, swelling, or severe pain in the injection spot
- Pain, burning, or numbing of the feet or legs
- yellow skin or eyes
- Bloody urine
- Swollen feet
Warnings & Recalls for Fuzeon
There are no Black Box Warnings recorded for this drug.
Fuzeon Treatment and Use
Fuzeon | Enfuvirtide Injection is used with other medicines to treat human immunodeficiency virus infection in patients not responding to other types of antiviral medication. Fuzeon is an HIV fusion inhibitor, a type of medication. Fuzeon does not prevent the spread of HIV to other people.
How it Works:
Fuzeon works by stopping the spread of HIV from infecting other cells which are not infected with the virus, by inhibiting their fusion with other cells. It does not cure HIV, and may not prevent the development of other HIV related illness. Fuzeon comes in powder form. It is mixed in sterile water and injected underneath the skin, twice a day.
Dosage Information:
Ask your doctor what dosage is right for you.
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RobM
Posted on Oct 8, 2012
