Description
Description
Lenvakast 4 mg
Composition: Lenvatinib 10mg
Therapeutic class: Antineoplastic
Lenvakast: Globally Prescribed Anticancer Medicine
Lenvakast is the oncologist-prescribed drug used against multiple cancers due to its assured therapeutic efficacy and safety.
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What is Lenvakast?
Lenvakast consists of Lenvatinib, which is used in advanced and metastatic cancers.
Uses of Lenvakast
- Radioactive–Iodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer
- Renal carcinoma
- Endometrial cancer
- Unresectable liver cancer
How does Lenvakast work?
- It is a multiple tyrosine kinase inhibitor
- Targets the blood supply to the cancer cells
- Causes cancer cell starvation
- Cancer cell death
Common Side Effects
- High blood pressure
- Tiredness
- Diarrhea
- Nausea
- Loss of appetite
- Weight decline
- Hand and foot syndrome
- Pain in muscles and joints
Serious Side Effects
- Hypertensive crisis – severely high blood pressure
- Thrombosis – strokes, heart attack
- Kidney dysfunction – proteinuria
- Cardiovascular – shortness of breath
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Elevated liver enzymes
- Thyroid dysfunction
- Delayed wound healing
- Neurotoxicity – confusion, headache, vision loss
Precautions
To be used cautiously in patients with:
- History of stroke or heart disease
- Liver disorders
- Kidney disorders
- Elderly patients
- Planning a surgery
Contraindications
Not to be used if any previous allergy or hypersensitivity to lenvatinib or any excipients.
- Breastfeeding mothers
- Pregnant women
Warning
To be used under medical prescription only
Important Safety and Monitoring Information
Regular monitoring of the liver function, blood pressure, thyroid functions, neurological condition and renal function.
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