penicillamine

Do not stop taking penicillamine without first talking to your doctor.

Penicillamine may reduce vitamin B6 and iron in the body.

Store penicillamine at room temperature away from moisture and heat.

Drugs other than those listed here may also interact with penicillamine.

Before taking penicillamine, tell your doctor if you have kidney disease or any other serious illness.

Combined with penicillamine, any of these medicines can be very dangerous.

It is not known whether penicillamine passes into breast milk.

Penicillamine may cause birth defects and is not used during pregnancy.

But talk to your doctor before taking any other medicines while also taking penicillamine.

Penicillamine may also be used for purposes other than those listed in this medication guide.

Your doctor may want you to take a vitamin and mineral supplement during treatment with penicillamine.

Do not take penicillamine if you are taking any of the following medicines:

Your pharmacist has additional information about penicillamine written for health professionals that you may read.

Penicillamine is used to remove excess copper associated with Wilson's disease.

Taking penicillamine with anything else in the stomach greatly decreases its effectiveness.

In children, the penicillamine test may be used.

Like penicillamine, the medications listed above can affect the blood and the kidneys.

Penicillamine may be used when rheumatoid arthritis is not controlled by other medicines.

If this fails then patients are usually started on chelation therapy with an agent such as penicillamine.

Penicillamine can be used by people with penicillin allergies.

Penicillamine may cause birth defects in an unborn baby.

Penicillamine is not recommended for use during pregnancy.

The drug n-acetyl penicillamine has been used to treat mercury poisoning with limited success.

It is unclear whether these people are best treated with penicillamine or zinc acetate.

For the treatment of Wilson's disease, penicillamine binds to copper and helps it to be removed from the body.