WHAT IS BHARGLOB 16.5%?
BHARGLOB 16.5% contains Human normal immunoglobulin
WHAT BHARGLOB 16.5% IS USED FOR?
It is used to:
Increase abnormally low immunoglobulin levels in your blood to normal levels (replacement therapy)
Treat certain inflammatory disorders (immunomodulation)
WARNING & PRECAUTION:
TALK TO DOCTOR
Talk to your Doctor, if you:
Are allergic or hypersensitive to any of the other ingredients of this medicine
Have developed antibodies against immunoglobulins of the type IgA in your blood
Suffer from hyperprolinaemia type I or II (a genetic disorder causing high levels of the amino acid proline in the blood)
Have an underlying inflammatory condition
Have diabetes
Have low blood volume (hypovolemia) and problems with your blood vessels (vascular diseases)
Have an increased tendency for blood clotting (thrombophilia or thrombotic episodes)
Have a disease or a condition which causes your blood to thicken (hyper viscous blood)
Have or had heart or kidney problems
PREGNANCY & BREAST FEEDING
Medicines containing antibodies have been used in pregnant and breast-feeding women, if you receive this medicine while you are breast-feeding the antibodies in this medicine will also be found in the breast milk
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor for advice before taking this medicine
CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS
This medicine is recommended to children and adolescents
Your doctor will give the right dose depends on child?s age and body weight
DRIVING & USING MACHINES
Do not drive or operate any machines while taking this medicine it may cause dizziness or nausea
INTERACTIONS:
Tell your doctor if you are taking,
Vaccinations like measles, mumps, rubella and varicella
DIRECTIONS & FOR USE:
This medicine is usually administered by your doctor or nurse
It is given solely for the infusion into a vein (intravenous infusion)
If you receive more BHARGLOB 16.5%
If you think you have given too much of this medicine, contact your doctor or go to nearest hospital
Symptoms of overdose: blood may become too thick (hyperviscous), which might increase the risk of developing blood clots.
SIDE EFFECTS OF BHARGLOB 16.5%:
SERIOUS
• Sudden fall in blood pressure, dizziness, faint on standing, cold in the hands and feet, sense an abnormal heartbeat or chest pain, or have blurred vision
• Formation of blood clots
• Myocardial infarction
• Muscle weakness
• Painful respiration due to transfusion related lung injury
• Temporary non-infectious meningitis (reversible aseptic meningitis)
• Stiff neck, fever, nausea, vomiting, headache, abnormal sensitivity to light, mental disturbances
• Increase in blood creatinine level
• Proteinuria
• Acute renal failure
• Transient decrease in red blood cells, anaemia, leukopenia, anisocytosis (including microcytosis)
COMMON
• Headache, upset stomach, pain, (including back pain, pain in extremities, joints and bones)
• Flu-like illness, runny nose, sore throat, blisters in mouth and throat, throat tightness
• Temporary lowering of red blood cell count, breakdown of red blood cells (haemolysis)
• High blood pressure (hypertension), flushing, hypotension (including decreased blood pressure), •  breathlessness
• Vomiting, loose stools, diarrhoea, skin disorder, redness of the skin, peeling of the skin, pain in the  muscles (including muscle cramps and rigidity), tiredness (fatigue), physical weakness
• Changes to liver functions (hyperbilirubinaemia) as well as changes in blood count
• Increased alanine aminotransferase, increased aspartate aminotransferase, increased blood lactate   dehydrogenase
UNCOMMON
• Non-infectious meningitis (reversible aseptic meningitis)
• Irregularity of red blood cell shape, presence of high platelet counts in the blood (thrombocytosis)
• Sleepiness, shiver, palpitations, tachycardia, thromboembolic events, lack of blood supply to the lower extremities causing pain when walking
• Presence of an excess of serum proteins in the urine, injection site pain
STORAGE:
Keep this medicine out of reach of children
Store in a refrigerator at 2-8°C
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