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(if you are not sure what is normal, keep a daily record; see the chart below)
Do not ignore early or late diarrhea. If left untreated, diarrhea can become serious enough to threaten your life.
Be sure to call your Cancer Care Team if you have diarrhea.
What to eat
Check your bowel movements. It is important to know what your normal stool is like. It can help you see how your treatment
affects you. Fill in the chart below, starting 1 week before your treatment. Be sure to make an entry each time you have a bowel movement.
Fill in the time of day and check the box or boxes that best describe your bowel movement. One day is filled in to show you how.
Date:
Time:
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Loose?
Watery?
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CAMPTOSAR is approved to treat cancer of the colon or rectum that has spread to other parts of the body.
It can be used along with 2 drugs, called 5-FU and LV. 5-FU stands for fluorouracil. LV stands for leucovorin.
CAMPTOSAR can also be used when the cancer has come back or grown worse after treatment with 5-FU.
Important safety information
Taking CAMPTOSAR may cause early and late diarrhea. Both of them can threaten your life. Late diarrhea should be
treated right away with a medicine called Imodium A-D. You may also need to take an antibiotic.
CAMPTOSAR can also decrease your number of white blood cells. This may be treated by a delaying or lowering of the dose.
You can also take a protein that helps produce healthy blood cells.
Some people should be watched closely by their doctors while taking CAMPTOSAR. They include those who:
Are over age 65
Have received radiation in the pelvis or stomach
Have trouble carrying out daily tasks due to their cancer
In rare cases, blocked bowel, colon problems, or liver disease has occurred with CAMPTOSAR.
To help prevent nausea and vomiting, you may be given other drugs before taking CAMPTOSAR. You may also be given
a drug called atropine. It will help you fight side effects such as diarrhea.
In some cases, CAMPTOSAR may cause problems with your heart and blood vessels, including blood clots. Doctors do not
know for sure why this happens.
You should not take CAMPTOSAR if you have severe bone marrow failure.
You should also not take it if you react poorly to fruit sugar. That is because CAMPTOSAR contains a kind of fruit sugar
called sorbitol.
Imodium A-D is a registered trademark of McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals, a Division of McNeil PPC, Inc.
Patient information provided as a service by Pfizer Oncology.
Please see enclosed product information for CAMPTOSAR, including black box warning. You may also visit www.pfizeroncology.com
to view the product information.
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