Cytarabine and convulsion 
Cytarabine and convulsion Patient Reports February 12, 2012
Cytarabine Side Effects Report #4997097-7
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on May 08, 2006. Male patient, weighting 20.94 lb, was diagnosed with precursor b-lymphoblastic lymphoma and was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: alanine aminotransferase increased, aspartate aminotransferase increased, blood pressure decreased, body temperature increased, cardio-respiratory arrest, convulsion, disseminated intravascular coagulation, eschar, hyponatraemia. Cytarabine dosage: 30 MG INTRATHECAL. During the same period patient was treated with DEXAMETHASONE, METHOTREXATE, VINCRISTINE SULPHATE. Patient was hospitalized. Patient died on 04/25/2006.
Cytarabine Side Effects Report #6019951-X
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Pharmacist from UNITED STATES on Dec 17, 2008. Male patient, child 9 years of age, weighting 109.1 lb, was diagnosed with leukaemia and was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: convulsion. Cytarabine dosage: 40 MG, ONCE, INTRATHECAL. During the same period patient was treated with ATIVAN, MORPHINE, DOXORUBICIN, VINCRISTINE, ALLOPURINOL, TYLENOL WITH CODIENE, ZITHROMAX. Patient recovered.
Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5800532-5
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Pharmacist from UNITED STATES on July 02, 2008. Female patient, 47 years of age, weighting 211.2 lb, was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia and was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: confusional state, convulsion, reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome, vision blurred. Cytarabine dosage: 400 MG Q 24 HR X 5 DAYS IV. During the same period patient was treated with TASIGNA. Patient recovered.
Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5339693-3
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Health Professional from UNITED STATES on May 16, 2007. Male patient, 22 years of age, was diagnosed with b precursor type acute leukaemia and was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: complex partial seizures, convulsion, neurotoxicity. Cytarabine dosage: unknown. During the same period patient was treated with METHOTREXATE, DEPOCYT, FRACTIONATED CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, VINCRISTINE, DOXORUBICIN, DEXAMETHASONE. Patient recovered.
Cytarabine Side Effects Report #4898476-9
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Jan 31, 2006. Female patient, weighting 138.0 lb, was diagnosed with b precursor type acute leukaemia and was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: body temperature increased, convulsion, hypotension, hypoventilation, iatrogenic injury, intubation complication, life support, pupil fixed, white blood cell count decreased. Cytarabine dosage: 70 MG INTRATHECAL X 1 DOSE. During the same period patient was treated with DAUNORUBICIN, DEXAMETHASONE, METHOTREXATE, ONCASPAR, VINCRISTINE SULPHATE. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.
Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5578519-X
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from NETHERLANDS on Dec 13, 2007. Male patient, 65 years of age, weighting 209.4 lb, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, epilepsy
and was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: atelectasis, blood sodium decreased, coma, convulsion, encephalopathy, enterococcal bacteraemia, enterococcal infection, febrile neutropenia. Cytarabine dosage: 200 MG/M2. During the same period patient was treated with KEPPRA, AVASTIN, FRISIUM, FUNGIZONE, METOPROLOL SUCCINAAT, KONAKION, HALDOL, FLUCONAZOLE. Patient recovered.Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5578520-6
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from NETHERLANDS on Dec 13, 2007. Male patient, 65 years of age, weighting 209.4 lb, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, epilepsy
and was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: atelectasis, bedridden, blood lactate dehydrogenase increased, blood sodium decreased, cardiac pacemaker insertion, central nervous system infection, coma, convulsion. Cytarabine dosage: 200 MG/M2. During the same period patient was treated with KEPPRA, AVASTIN, FRISIUM, FUNGIZONE, METOPROLOL SUCCINAAT, KONAKION, FLUCONAZOLE, LANOXIN. Patient recovered.Cytarabine Side Effects Report #4781112-X
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Sept 26, 2005. Male patient, weighting 189.6 lb, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia and was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: cardio-respiratory arrest, catheter related infection, cholelithiasis, convulsion, hypotension, loss of consciousness, sepsis
. Cytarabine dosage: unknown. During the same period patient was treated with DAUNOMYCIN. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.Cytarabine Side Effects Report #4784471-7
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Sept 29, 2005. Male patient, weighting 189.6 lb, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia and was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: bacterial sepsis, cholelithiasis, circulatory collapse, convulsion, hypotension, loss of consciousness, multi-organ failure, obstructive airways disorder. Cytarabine dosage: unknown. During the same period patient was treated with DAUNOMYCIN. Patient was hospitalized. Patient died on 09/24/2005.
Cytarabine Side Effects Report #4961968-8
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Apr 03, 2006. Female patient, weighting 119.9 lb, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia and was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: anorexia, anxiety
, ascites, cardiac arrest , cardiac failure congestive, cardiomyopathy , cerebrovascular disorder, convulsion, cytogenetic analysis abnormal. Cytarabine dosage: 1120 MG. During the same period patient was treated with DAUNORUBICIN. Patient was hospitalized. Patient died on 03/26/2006.Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5339678-7
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Health Professional from UNITED STATES on May 16, 2007. Female patient, 42 years of age, was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukaemia and was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: cauda equina syndrome, convulsion, faecal incontinence, hypoaesthesia, neurotoxicity, papilloedema, urinary hesitation. Cytarabine dosage: unknown. During the same period patient was treated with METHOTREXATE, DEPOCYT, FRACTIONATED CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, VINCRISTINE, DOXORUBICIN, DEXAMETHASONE, NEUPOGEN, ANTIBIOTICS. Patient recovered.
Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5096863-X
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Sept 01, 2006. Male patient, child 10 years of age, weighting 116.8 lb, was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: blood pressure immeasurable, cholecystitis, colitis, convulsion, depressed level of consciousness, disseminated intravascular coagulation, encephalopathy, fungal infection
. Cytarabine dosage: 70 MG. During the same period patient was treated with DAUNORUBICIN, DEXAMETHASONE, METHOTREXATE, VINCRISTINE SULPHATE. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5273553-1
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Mar 21, 2007. Female patient, weighting 188.1 lb, was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: acute hepatic failure, ammonia increased, blood glucose decreased, confusional state, convulsion, disorientation, dysuria, hepatic congestion. Cytarabine dosage: 600 MG. During the same period patient was treated with DEXAMETHASONE, DOXORUBICIN HYDROCHLORIDE, METHOTREXATE, THIOGUANINE, VINCRISTINE SULPHATE, CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, BACTRIM. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.
Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5535650-2
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Dec 04, 2007. Female patient, weighting 207.9 lb, was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: agitation, blood creatinine increased, blood pressure systolic decreased, cerebral infarction, convulsion, disorientation, headache
. Cytarabine dosage: 3070 MG. During the same period patient was treated with DAUNORUBICIN, ETOPOSIDE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, ACETAMINOPHEN, AMLODIPINE, FAMOTIDINE, FENTANYL TRANSDERMAL SYSTEM, IMITREX. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5564359-4
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Dec 14, 2007. Female patient, weighting 167.6 lb, was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: bronchial secretion retention, cerebral haemorrhage, convulsion, hypoxia, pericardial effusion, pneumonia
, pulmonary oedema, respiratory failure, tachycardia. Cytarabine dosage: 185 MG. During the same period patient was treated with ETOPOSIDE, ACETOPMETAPHIN, ACYCLOVIR, BUPROPRION, DEXAMETHASONE, DIPHENHYDRAMINE, FILGRASTIM, LEVETIRACETAM. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5704573-8
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Apr 11, 2008. Male patient, weighting 60.85 lb, was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: convulsion, muscle twitching, respiratory depression, unresponsive to stimuli. Cytarabine dosage: 90 MG. During the same period patient was treated with LEUCOVORIN CALCIUM, METHOTREXATE, RITUXIMAB. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.
Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5714027-0
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Apr 22, 2008. Female patient, weighting 211.4 lb, was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: asthenia, back pain
, blood culture positive, cardio-respiratory arrest, convulsion, dyspnoea exertional, escherichia infection, fatigue, no therapeutic response. Cytarabine dosage: 201 MG. During the same period patient was treated with DAUNORUBICIN, ETOPOSIDE. Patient died on 03/21/2008.Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5753695-4
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on May 27, 2008. Male patient, weighting 123.0 lb, was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: bacterial infection
, blood culture positive, brain injury, cardiac arrest , convulsion, diarrhoea, electroencephalogram abnormal, haemoglobin decreased, haemorrhage intracranial. Cytarabine dosage: 40000 MG. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5755287-X
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on May 29, 2008. Male patient, weighting 123.0 lb, was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: bacterial infection
, brain injury, cardiac arrest , cerebral haemorrhage, convulsion, depressed level of consciousness, diarrhoea, neutropenia, sepsis . Cytarabine dosage: 40000 MG. Patient was hospitalized. Patient died on 05/23/2008.Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5758151-5
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on June 02, 2008. Male patient, weighting 123.0 lb, was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: activated partial thromboplastin time prolonged, cardio-respiratory arrest, clostridium bacteraemia, convulsion, diarrhoea, haemoglobin decreased, international normalised ratio increased, neutropenia, prothrombin time prolonged. Cytarabine dosage: 40000MG. Patient was hospitalized. Patient died on 05/23/2008.
Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5758160-6
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on June 02, 2008. Female patient, weighting 70.33 lb, was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: convulsion, epistaxis, hallucination, headache
, hyperhidrosis, lethargy, reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome, unresponsive to stimuli, vomiting. Cytarabine dosage: 70 MG. During the same period patient was treated with DEXAMETHASONE, METHOTREXATE, VINCRISTINE SULPHATE, DIFLUCAN, SEPTRA, ZANTAC. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5789167-0
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on June 25, 2008. Female patient, weighting 167.6 lb, was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: aspiration tracheal abnormal, bronchial secretion retention, cerebral haemorrhage, convulsion, leukostasis, mental status changes, myopathy, pericardial effusion, pneumonia
. Cytarabine dosage: 185 MG. During the same period patient was treated with ETOPOSIDE, ACETOPMETAPHIN, ACYCLOVIR, BUPROPION, DEXAMETHASONE, DIPHENHYDRAMINE, FILGRASTIM, LEVETIRACETAM. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5805771-5
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on July 08, 2008. Male patient, weighting 123.0 lb, was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: activated partial thromboplastin time prolonged, blood culture positive, brain injury, brain stem haemorrhage, cardio-respiratory arrest, clostridial infection, convulsion, diarrhoea, fibrin d dimer increased. Cytarabine dosage: 40000 MG. Patient was hospitalized. Patient died on 05/23/2008.
Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5944379-8
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Nov 06, 2008. Male patient, weighting 167.6 lb, was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: aspergillosis, atelectasis, blood glucose decreased, cardiac failure congestive, central line infection, cerebral haemorrhage, condition aggravated, convulsion, ejection fraction decreased. Cytarabine dosage: 1288 MG. During the same period patient was treated with DAUNORUBICIN, ETOPOSIDE. Patient was hospitalized. Patient died on 10/18/2008.
Cytarabine Side Effects Report #4645738-6
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from on Apr 25, 2005. Female patient, weighting 143.3 lb, was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: aphagia, asthenia, confusional state, convulsion, dehydration, gaze palsy, haemorrhage, headache
, hypoaesthesia. Cytarabine dosage: 30-70MG, BASED ON AGE, IT ON DAY 1. During the same period patient was treated with METHOTREXATE, VINCRISTINE, DEXAMETHASONE, IDARUBICIN, ETOPOSIDE, CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, NEUPOGEN, LEUCOVORIN CALCIUM. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.Cytarabine Side Effects Report #4895099-2
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Jan 26, 2006. Female patient was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: body temperature increased, convulsion, hypotension, hypoventilation, injury, intubation complication, pupil fixed, white blood cell count decreased. Cytarabine dosage: unknown. During the same period patient was treated with DAUNORUBICIN, DEXAMETHASONE, METHOTREXATE, PEG L, VINCRISTINE SULPHATE. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.
Cytarabine Side Effects Report #5040621-9
Cytarabine side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on June 26, 2006. Male patient, weighting 20.94 lb, was treated with Cytarabine. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: alanine aminotransferase increased, aspartate aminotransferase increased, blood pressure decreased, cardio-respiratory arrest, convulsion, disseminated intravascular coagulation, erythema, eschar. Cytarabine dosage: 30 MG INTRATHECAL. During the same period patient was treated with DEXAMETHASONE, METHOTREXATE, VINCRISTINE SULPHATE. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.