Affytericin-B Injection is an antifungal medication. It is used in the treatment of severe fungal infections and kala-azar. It kills the infection causing fungi and thus, treats the infection. Affytericin-B Injection is administered as an injection by a healthcare professional. Kindly do not self administer. Before you take this medicine, inform your doctor if you suffer from diabetes, liver/kidney problems or are on dialysis or have low potassium level in blood. It may lead to a few common side effects like headache, vomiting, nausea, stomach cramps and fever. You may also notice some injection site reactions like pain, swelling or redness. Inform your doctor if these side effects persist for a longer duration. Please consult your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to conceive or breastfeeding.

• Vomiting
• Nausea
• Stomach cramp
• Fever
• Anemia (low number of red blood cells)
• Heartburn
• Hyperventilation (rapid breathing)
• Injection site reactions (pain, swelling, redness)

If you miss a dose of Affytericin-B Injection, please consult your doctor.

• Q. Q. Is Affytericin-B Injection fungistatic or fungicidal??
  Ans: Affytericin-B Injection is fungicidal in nature, it acts by killing the fungus
• Q. Q. Is Affytericin-B Injection light sensitive??
  Ans: Affytericin-B Injection is not light sensitive
• Q. Q. What is Affytericin-B Injection liposomal??
  Ans: Liposomal Affytericin-B Injection is a lipid-associated formulation. Liposomal encapsulation or incorporation into a lipid complex of Affytericin-B Injection can substantially improves drug safety especially nephrotoxicity associated with the drug
• Q. Q. Is Affytericin-B Injection an antibiotic??
  Ans: Yes, Affytericin-B Injection is an antifungal antibiotic for the treatment of serious infections caused by fungi like fungal infections of one or more deep organs of the body, suspected fungal infections in patients with a raised temperature and neutropenia (reduced number of white blood cells [neutrophils]) and Visceral leishmaniasis (disease caused by a parasite)
• Q. Q. Is Affytericin-B Injection testing dose needed??
  Ans: Yes, administration of Affytericin-B Injection is associated with allergy (severe and serious allergic) reaction, therefore it is recommended to administer a test dose before starting the therapy to check for sensitivity
• Q. Q. How is Affytericin-B Injection administered??
  Ans: Affytericin-B Injection is either administered as intravenous injection or infusion by a registered medical professional only
• Q. Q. How does Affytericin-B Injection cause nephrotoxicity and hyperkalemia??
  Ans: Affytericin-B Injection can disrupt the lipid components of human kidney cells, thereby causing nephrotoxicity. The exact mechanism of hypokalemia is not known, but kidney damage may result in excessive loss of potassium in urine.

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