CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR

It is not known whether it is safe to consume alcohol with Hungryful. Please consult your doctor.

UNSAFE

Hungryful is highly unsafe to use during pregnancy. Seek your doctor's advice as studies on pregnant women and animals have shown significant harmful effects to the developing baby.

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR

Hungryful is probably unsafe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug may pass into the breastmilk and harm the baby.

SAFE

Hungryful does not usually affect your ability to drive.

CAUTION

Hungryful should be used with caution in patients with severe kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Hungryful may be needed. Please consult your doctor.

CAUTION

Hungryful should be used with caution in patients with severe liver disease. Dose adjustment of Hungryful may be needed. Please consult your doctor.

Medicine Overview of Hungryful 450ml syrup

Introduction

Hungryful is used to treat breast cancer and endometrial cancer. It specifically helps treat breast and endometrial cancer that are hormone dependent. It may also be used for treating low appetite and weight loss in patients with advanced cancer or HIV. Hungryful should be taken with or without food, preferably at a fixed time each day to ensure consistent levels of medicine in the body. This medicine is not used for pregnant or breastfeeding women. It may cause side effects like high blood pressure and increased blood sugar levels but they are temporary. However, if these persists, consult with the doctor.

Uses of Hungryful

Breast cancer

Endometrial cancer

Side effects of Hungryful

Common

Increased appetite

Weight gain

Hot flashes

High blood pressure

Constipation

Increased glucose level in blood

How to use Hungryful

Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Hungryful may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.

How Hungryful works

Hungryful is a progestin (female hormone). It works in patients with breast cancer and endometrial cancer by affecting female hormones involved in cancer growth. It causes weight gain by increasing appetite.

Quick Tips

Hungryful is used to treat women with certain hormone-dependent cancers such as breast cancer and endometrial cancer.

It may also be used for treating appetite and weight loss in people with advanced cancer or AIDS.

You may have to take it for atleast 2 months before you notice any changes in your appetite.

Your doctor might do regular blood tests to check your hormones and blood sugar levels while you are taking this medicine.

Do not take Hungryful if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.

Inform your doctor immediately if you notice unexplained swelling and pain in your limbs, shortness of breath, chest pain, severe headache, or changes in vision. These could be symptoms of a blood clot in a vein.

Do not stop taking the medicine suddenly without talking to your doctor first.

Brief Description

Indication

Contraception, Breast carcinoma, Endometrial carcinoma, Anorexia and Cachexia

Administration

Should be taken with food.

Adult Dose

Oral Palliative treatment of breast carcinoma Adult: 40 mg 4 times daily or 160 mg once daily. Palliative treatment of endometrial carcinoma Adult: 40-320 mg daily in divided doses. evaluate efficacy after 2 months of treatment; up to 800 mg/day may be used Anorexia and cachexia in patients with cancer or AIDS Adult: Initial: 800 mg daily. Usual range: 400-800 mg daily.

Renal Dose

Renal impairment: Use with caution; in normal renal function, 57-78% is excreted in urine within 10 days

Contraindication

Pregnancy and lactation. Severe hepatic impairment.

Mode of Action

Megestrol is a progestogen used as an antineplastic and appetite stimulant. The mechanism of it's antineoplastic effects is not known but may be due to inhibition of oestrogen synthesis, modulation of other steroid hormones and/or a direct cytotoxic effect on tumour cells.

Precaution

History of thrombophlebitis, mild to moderate hepatic impairment, risk of fluid retention, history of depression, diabetes, hypertension, renal or cardiac dysfunction. Lactation: Not safe; do not nurse

Side Effect

Common Hypertension,Insomnia, mood swings Rash, sweating,Amenorrhea, breakthrough bleeding, change in menstrual flow, hot sweats, impotence, spotting Diarrhea, flatulence, indigestion, nausea, vomiting, weight gain Serious Deep vein thrombosis (DVT),Pulmonary embolism,Thrombophlebitis,Anemia,Adrenal insufficiency

Interaction

Concentrations of indinavir may be reduced. Possible reduced efficacy of cisplatin. Warfarin half life may be increased. Megestrol concentration may be decreased by aminoglutethimide and enzyme-inducing drugs.