Imatinib SPC 400 mg – 30 Tablets

What Imatinib SPC is and what is used for
Imatinib SPC tablets are a medicine containing an active substance called Imatinib. This medicine works by inhibiting the growth of abnormal cells in the diseases listed below. These include some types of cancer.

Imatinib SPC is a treatment for:
– Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Leukemia is a cancer of white blood cells. These white cells usually help the body to fight infection. Chronic myeloid leukemia is a form of
leukemia in which certain abnormal white cells (named myeloid cells) start growing out of control.

 What you need to know before you take Imatinib SPC
Imatinib SPC will only be prescribed to you by a doctor with experience in medicines to treat blood cancers or solid tumors.
Follow all your doctor’s instructions carefully, even if they differ from the general information contained in this leaflet.
The tablets contain lactose and should not be administered in patients with rare hereditary problems of galactose intolerance, the Lapp lactase deficiency or glucose- galactose
malabsorption

How to take Imatinib SPC
Your doctor has prescribed Imatinib SPC because you suffer from a serious condition. Imatinib SPC can help you to fight this condition. However, always take this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. It is important that you do this as long as your doctor or pharmacist tells you to. Check with your
doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
Do not stop taking Imatinib SPC unless your doctor tells you to. If you are not able to take the
medicine as your doctor prescribed or you feel you do not need it anymore, contact your doctor
straight away.