Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction : hives, skin rash or burning; mouth sores; warmth, redness, or tingly feeling; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. Avoid driving or operating machinery until you know how this medicine will affect you.
Dizziness or severe drowsiness can cause falls or other accidents. Use Marinol Dronabinol exactly as directed on the label, or as prescribed by your doctor. Do not use in larger or smaller amounts or for longer than recommended.
Follow all directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides or instruction sheets. Your doctor may occasionally change your dose. Use the medicine exactly as directed. Tell your doctor if you feel an increased urge to use more of this medicine. Dronabinol may be habit-forming. Misuse can cause addiction, overdose, or death. Keep the medication in a place where others cannot get to it. Selling or giving away this medicine is against the law.
To stimulate appetite in people with AIDS, dronabinol is usually taken 1 hour before lunch and 1 hour before dinner. Older adults may need to take this medicine less often. Follow your doctor's dosing instructions very carefully. Measure liquid medicine carefully. Use the dosing syringe provided, or use a medicine dose-measuring device not a kitchen spoon.
You may need to follow a special diet while using dronabinol. Follow all instructions of your doctor or dietitian. Learn about the foods you should eat to help boost your food intake. Do not stop using dronabinol suddenly after long-term use , or you could have unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. Potentially dangerous side effects are seizures and a fast, pounding heartbeat.
If those occur, call your doctor immediately. It is also stored, broken down, and excreted the same. Marinol is broken down and excreted in the urine for two days to 5 weeks. During this time period, it will be detected in urine drug screens. Some of the THC in Marinol is stored unchanged in fat cells in the body. When it is released from fat into the body, it can again exert its psychoactive properties, as well as be metabolized and be excreted in the urine.
The half-life of fat-stored THC is about 10 to 13 days. THC can also be stored in hair follicles, where it may be detected for up to 90 days. How long the THC from Marinol persists in your body depends on your metabolism, body mass, age, hydration level, physical activity, health conditions and other factors, including how long you have been taking the medication.
If you have to take a drug screen for employment or other reasons, be sure to disclose you are taking a prescription for Marinol so this can be taken into account. Learn the best ways to manage stress and negativity in your life. Marinol dronabinol. Highlights of prescribing information. Revised August Dronabinol for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting unresponsive to antiemetics.
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Swallow the dronabinol solution with a full glass of water 6 to 8 ounces. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for a copy of the manufacturer's information for the patient.
Before taking dronabinol, tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic lip swelling, hives, rash, oral lesions, skin burning, flushing, throat tightness to dronabinol, other cannabinoids such as nabilone Cesamet or marijuana cannabis , any other medications, any of the ingredients in dronabinol capsules including sesame oil, or any of the ingredients in dronabinol solution such as alcohol. Ask your pharmacist for a list of the ingredients. Your doctor will probably tell you not to take dronabinol solution if you are taking one or more of these medications.
If you stop taking dronabinol solution, you should wait 7 days before you start to take disulfiram Antabuse or metronidazole Flagyl, in Pylera. Be sure to mention any of the following: amiodarone Cordarone, Nexterone, Pacerone ; amphetamines such as amphetamine Adzenys, Dyanavel XR, in Adderall , dextroamphetamine Dexedrine, in Adderall , and methamphetamine Desoxyn ; amphotericin B Ambisome ; antibiotics such as clarithromycin Biaxin, in Prevpac and erythromycin E.
Before taking dronabinol capsules, tell your doctor if you are taking disulfiram Antabuse. Your doctor may need to change the doses of your medications or monitor you carefully for side effects. Many other medications may also interact with dronabinol, so be sure to tell your doctor about all the medications you are taking, even those that do not appear on this list. If you become pregnant while taking dronabinol, call your doctor immediately.
If you are taking dronabinol solution for nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy, do not breastfeed during your treatment and for 9 days after your final dronabinol dose.
You will need to be supervised by a responsible adult when you first begin taking dronabinol and whenever your dose is increased. Do not drive a car, operate machinery or do any other activity that requires mental alertness until you know how this medication affects you.
Alcohol can make the side effects from dronabinol worse. This may be more common when you first start taking dronabinol. To avoid this problem, get out of bed slowly, resting your feet on the floor for a few minutes before standing up.
Do not eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice while taking dronabinol oral solution. Dronabinol may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away: weakness stomach pain nausea vomiting memory loss anxiety confusion sleepiness difficulty concentrating dizziness unsteady walking feeling like you are outside of your body ''high'' or elevated mood hallucinations seeing things or hearing voices that do not exist depression strange or unusual thoughts headaches vision problems feeling lightheaded Some side effects can be serious.
If you experience any of these symptoms, call your doctor immediately: seizures fast or pounding heartbeat fainting Dronabinol may cause other side effects. Symptoms of overdose may include the following: drowsiness inappropriate happiness sharper senses than usual changed awareness of time red eyes dry mouth fast heartbeat memory problems feeling that you are outside of your body mood changes difficulty urinating constipation decreased coordination extreme tiredness difficulty speaking clearly dizziness or fainting when standing up too fast.
What other information should I know? Keep all appointments with your doctor. Brand names. Other names.
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