Androcur®; Androcur® Depot; Apo-Cyproterone®; Gen-Cyproterone; Mylan-Cyproterone; Novo-Cyproterone
• If you have an allergy to cyproterone or any other part of this medicine.
• Tell healthcare provider if you are allergic to any medicine. Make sure to tell about the allergy and how it affected you. This includes telling about rash; hives; itching; shortness of breath; wheezing; cough; swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat; or any other symptoms involved.
• If you have any of the following conditions: Kidney disease or liver disease.
• If you are female.
Oral:
• Take this medicine at a similar time of day.
• Take this medicine with food.
Injection:
• This medicine is given as a shot into a muscle.
• Take a missed dose as soon as possible and return to your regular schedule.
• If it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and return to your regular schedule.
• Do not take a double dose or extra doses.
• Do not change dose or stop medicine. Talk with healthcare provider.
• Change in condition being treated. Is it better, worse, or about the same?
• Check blood work regularly. Talk with healthcare provider.
• Follow up with healthcare provider.
• Store tablets at room temperature.
• Protect tablets from moisture. Do not store in a bathroom or kitchen.
• The injection will be given to you in a healthcare setting. You will not store it at home.
• If you have a life-threatening allergy, wear allergy identification at all times.
• Do not share your medicine with others and do not take anyone else's medicine.
• Keep all medicine out of the reach of children and pets.
• Most medicines can be thrown away in household trash after mixing with coffee grounds or kitty litter and sealing in a plastic bag.
• Keep a list of all your medicines (prescription, natural products, supplements, vitamins, over-the-counter) with you. Give this list to healthcare provider (doctor, nurse, nurse practitioner, pharmacist, physician assistant).
• Talk with healthcare provider before starting any new medicine, including over-the-counter, natural products, or vitamins.
• Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or in Canada to Health Canada's Canada Vigilance Program at 1-866-234-2345.
• Read the package insert for more details.
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• If you have diabetes, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you have heart disease, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you have mental illness, talk with healthcare provider.
• Check medicines with healthcare provider. This medicine may not mix well with other medicines.
• Avoid alcohol (includes wine, beer, and liquor).
• Flushing. Wearing layers of clothes or summer clothes and cool environment may help.
• Decreased night vision. Use caution when driving or doing other tasks that require clear vision. Keep work area well lit.
• Nausea or vomiting. Small frequent meals, frequent mouth care, sucking hard, sugar-free candy, or chewing sugar-free gum may help.
• Breast enlargement.
• Breast tenderness.
• Skin irritation.
• Hair loss. Hair usually grows back when medicine is stopped.
• Change in sexual ability or desire. This is usually reversible.
• Liver damage can rarely occur.
• If you suspect an overdose, call your local poison control center or emergency department immediately.
• Signs of a life-threatening reaction. These include wheezing; chest tightness; fever; itching; bad cough; blue skin color; fits; or swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Signs or symptoms of infection. These include a fever of 100.5 degrees or higher, chills, severe sore throat, ear or sinus pain, cough, increased sputum or change in color, painful urination, mouth sores, wound that will not heal, or anal itching or pain.
• Severe nausea or vomiting.
• Severe swelling or pain of hands or feet.
• Severe belly pain.
• If you are planning to harm yourself or the desire to harm yourself increases.
• Not able to eat.
• Feeling extremely tired or weak.
• Dark urine or yellow skin or eyes.
• Severe skin irritation.
• Any rash.
• No improvement in condition or feeling worse.
