Melphalan and abdominal pain Patient Reports February 11, 2012

Melphalan Side Effects Report #5202272-2
Melphalan side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from AUSTRALIA on Dec 27, 2006. Male patient, child 3 years of age, was diagnosed with t-cell type acute leukaemia and was treated with Melphalan. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: abdominal pain , blood amylase increased, lipase increased, pancreatitis, vomiting. Melphalan dosage: 140MGM2 SINGLE DOSE. During the same period patient was treated with SULFAMETHOXAZOLE AND TRIMETHOPRIM, FUROSEMIDE, ACETAMINOPHEN, PREDNISOLONE, NEUPOGEN, ONDANSETRON, LISINOPRIL, LOPERAMIDE. Patient recovered.

Melphalan Side Effects Report #5202275-8
Melphalan side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from AUSTRALIA on Dec 27, 2006. Male patient, child 10 years of age, was diagnosed with non-hodgkin's lymphoma and was treated with Melphalan. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: abdominal pain , blood amylase increased, lipase increased, pancreatitis, vomiting. Melphalan dosage: 140MGM2 CUMULATIVE DOSE. During the same period patient was treated with SULFAMETHOXAZOLE AND TRIMETHOPRIM, ACETAMINOPHEN, NEUPOGEN, ONDANSETRON, RANITIDINE, PREDNISOLONE, CIPROFLOXACIN, AMPHOTERICIN B. Patient recovered.

Melphalan Side Effects Report #5202276-X
Melphalan side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from AUSTRALIA on Dec 27, 2006. Male patient, child 3 years of age, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma  and was treated with Melphalan. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: abdominal pain , blood amylase increased, diarrhoea, lipase increased, oedematous pancreatitis, sepsis , stenotrophomonas infection. Melphalan dosage: 100MGM2 SINGLE DOSE. During the same period patient was treated with SULFAMETHOXAZOLE AND TRIMETHOPRIM, FRUSEMIDE, ONDANSETRON, RETINOIC ACID, OMEPRAZOLE, BUSULPHAN, FLUCONAZOLE, GENTAMICIN. Patient recovered.

Melphalan Side Effects Report #6034412-X
Melphalan side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Jan 07, 2009. Female patient, 79 years of age, weighting 157.2 lb, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma  and was treated with Melphalan. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: abdominal pain , constipation , nausea . Melphalan dosage: unknown. During the same period patient was treated with VELCADE, PREDNISONE. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.


Melphalan Side Effects Report #4703106-2
Melphalan side effect was reported by a Physician from on June 23, 2005. Male patient, 71 years of age, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma  and was treated with Melphalan. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: abdominal pain , blood creatinine increased, blood lactate dehydrogenase increased, brain natriuretic peptide increased, bronchitis , cardiac pacemaker malfunction, clostridium colitis, diarrhoea, dyspnoea. Melphalan dosage: 280MG SINGLE DOSE. During the same period patient was treated with THALIDOMIDE, FLOMAX. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.

Melphalan Side Effects Report #4622846-7
Melphalan side effect was reported by a Physician from on Mar 24, 2005. Female patient, 68 years of age, weighting 130.1 lb, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma , herpes simplex , fungal infection , dyspepsia, anaemia, blood pressure , hypothyroidism and was treated with Melphalan. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: abdominal pain , colitis, cytomegalovirus infection , diarrhoea, diverticulitis, haemoglobin decreased, mucosal inflammation, platelet count decreased, staphylococcal infection . Melphalan dosage: unknown. During the same period patient was treated with TEQUIN, ACYCLOVIR, DIFLUCAN, ZANTAC, PROCRIT, TOPROL, SYNTHROID, LISINOPRIL. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.

Melphalan Side Effects Report #4601614-6
Melphalan side effect was reported by a Physician from on Mar 04, 2005. Female patient, 65 years of age, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma  and was treated with Melphalan. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: abdominal pain , blood disorder, colitis, convulsion, depressed level of consciousness, diarrhoea, electrolyte imbalance, mucosal inflammation, multiple myeloma . Melphalan dosage: 200MGM2 CYCLIC. During the same period patient was treated with REGLAN, CARTIA XT, FOLIC ACID, ACYCLOVIR, MAGNESIUM OXIDE, SENNA, XANAX. Patient was hospitalized. Patient died on 01/19/2005.

Melphalan Side Effects Report #5566796-0
Melphalan side effect was reported by a Physician from UNITED STATES on Dec 13, 2007. Male patient, 64 years of age, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma , coronary artery disease , infection , nephropathy and was treated with Melphalan. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: abdominal pain , anorexia, asthenia, back pain , blood creatinine increased, blood urea increased, dehydration, dysgeusia, dysphonia. Melphalan dosage: .18MGK SEE TEXT. During the same period patient was treated with REVLIMID, DEXAMETHASONE, ZOMETA, PLAVIX, PEPCID AC, CIPROFLOXACIN, ALLOPURINOL, PERCOCET. Patient was hospitalized and became disabled. Patient recovered.

Melphalan Side Effects Report #4650784-2
Melphalan side effect was reported by a Physician from on Apr 28, 2005. Male patient, 64 years of age, weighting 163.1 lb, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma  and was treated with Melphalan. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: abdominal pain , colitis, diarrhoea, dyspnoea, febrile neutropenia, hypoxia, nausea , pneumonia . Melphalan dosage: unknown. During the same period patient was treated with THALIDOMIDE. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.


Melphalan Side Effects Report #6107803-6
Melphalan side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Feb 25, 2009. Male patient, 50 years of age, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma  and was treated with Melphalan. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: abdominal pain , abscess , cerebral haemorrhage, cholecystitis, convulsion, diarrhoea, eosinophilia, graft versus host disease, mucosal inflammation. Melphalan dosage: 200MGM2 PER DAY. During the same period patient was treated with CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, DEXAMETHASONE, NEUPOGEN, THALIDOMIDE. Patient died.

Melphalan Side Effects Report #4652337-9
Melphalan side effect was reported by a Physician from on May 02, 2005. Male patient, 42 years of age, weighting 189.6 lb, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma  and was treated with Melphalan. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: abdominal pain , anorexia, asthenia, catheter related infection, colitis, diarrhoea, escherichia bacteraemia, febrile neutropenia, nausea . Melphalan dosage: unknown. During the same period patient was treated with THALIDOMIDE. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.

Melphalan Side Effects Report #6029959-6
Melphalan side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Dec 30, 2008. Male patient, 64 years of age, was diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma and was treated with Melphalan. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: abdominal distension, abdominal pain , atrial fibrillation , bloody discharge, diarrhoea haemorrhagic, gastrointestinal haemorrhage, hypotension, ileus, nausea . Melphalan dosage: unknown. During the same period patient was treated with VELCADE, RITUXIMAB, CARMUSTINE, ETOPOSIDE, CYTARABINE, SYNTHROID, NEXIUM, REGLAN. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.

Melphalan Side Effects Report #5202274-6
Melphalan side effect was reported by a Consumer or non-health professional from AUSTRALIA on Dec 27, 2006. Female patient, child 5 years of age, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia and was treated with Melphalan. After drug was administered, patient experienced the following side effects: abdominal pain , anaemia, blood amylase increased, hypotension, lipase increased, oedematous pancreatitis, pancreatitis haemorrhagic. Melphalan dosage: 70MGM2 CYCLIC. During the same period patient was treated with SULFAMETHOXAZOLE AND TRIMETHOPRIM, FRUSEMIDE, ACETAMINOPHEN, PREDNISOLONE, CYCLOSPORINE, ONDANSETRON, ITRACONAZOLE, METRONIDAZOLE. Patient was hospitalized. Patient recovered.