What is Cancidas used for?
Cancidas is used for: • presumed fungal infections in patients who have a fever and neutropenia (low neutrophils in blood) • Candida fungal infections of the blood (candidemia), intra-abdominal abscesses, peritonitis, and pleural space infections. It has not been studied in endocarditis, osteomyelitis, and meningitis due to Candida. • esophageal Candidiasis • possibly fatal fungal infections (invasive aspergillosis) in adults who are unsuccessful with or cannot tolerate standard treatments such as amphotericin B, lipid formulations of amphotericin B, and/or itraconazole. Cancidas was not studied as an initial treatment for invasive aspergillosis. Who should not be treated with Cancidas? You should not be treated with Cancidas if you are allergic to Cancidas or to any of the ingredients in Cancidas. General Precautions: Because the use of Cancidas with cyclosporin may temporarily increase liver enzymes, this combination should only be used when the potential benefit outweighs the potent
