What Deca-Durabolin is used for
Deca-Durabolin is a clear yellow oily solution for injection containing 50 mg/ml of the active ingredient nandrolone decanoate.
It is used to treat:
osteoporosis (loss of bone tissue)
certain types of anaemia
breast cancer (in women)
patients on long term corticosteroids.
It belongs to a group of medicines known as anabolic steroids.
These medicines help to rebuild tissues that have become weak because of continuing illness or serious injury. Deca-Durabolin can be used to increase lean body mass in the case of negative nitrogen balance. It can also be used to increase bone mass and stimulate the formation of red blood cells in the bone marrow.
Your doctor may have prescribed it for another reason.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed for you.
Ability to drive or operate machinery.
As far as is known, Deca-Durabolin has no adverse effect on driving and using machines.
Before you use Deca-Durabolin
When you must not use it
Do not use Deca-Durabolin if:
you are a man and have or have had cancer of the prostate or the breast,or are suspected of having one of these tumours. You also should have had an examination by your physician to exclude any abnormalities of the genital organs.
you have kidney disease
you have liver disease
you have heart failure
you are allergic to nandrolone decanoate, or any of the ingredients listed at the end of this leaflet
you are allergic to peanuts or soya
you are a child below the age of 3 years
it is past the expiry date or the packaging shows signs of tampering.
Do not use this medicine if you are pregnant or think you may be pregnant.
It may give increased male characteristics to an unborn baby and should not be used during pregnancy.
Do not breastfeed if you are using this medicine.
It may have a virilising effect on your baby and the amount of active ingredient excreted in breast milk is unknown.
Before you are given it
Tell your doctor if you have allergies to any other medicines, foods, preservatives or dyes.
Medical checks may also be necessary in some other cases. Therefore, before you start using this medicine you must tell your doctor or pharmacist if you ever had, still have or are suspected to have:
prostate disorders
liver disease, such as jaundice
heart disease
high blood pressure
kidney disorders
Kidney or lung cancer
high or low cholesterol
epilepsy
migraine, headaches
diabetes mellitus
heparin therapy
breast cancer that has spread to your bones.
Prostatic complaints, such as problems with passing urine
Deca-Durabolin should not be given to children under 3 years of age.
This is because Deca-Durabolin contains benzyl alcohol, which may cause toxic or allergic reactions in infants and children up to 3 years old.