Deferoxamine - DESFERAL injection
- Product / population
- DESFERAL injection in its labeled iron-intoxication/iron-overload context; not a newly constructed aluminum-overload dialysis regimen.
- Renal measure
- Qualitative renal impairment; severe renal disease/anuria
Do not invent a numerical renal threshold or dialysis supplement from qualitative restriction and removal information.
Selected named sections only; not a complete monograph or independent clinical approval.
Selected exact-product labeling sections read. Original-source bytes and complete revision histories were not retained or reconciled; retrieval does not establish current product availability.
Renal dosing, restrictions and evidence limits
The manufacturer label contraindicates severe renal disease or anuria and advises low-end dose selection in renal impairment without providing a clearance ladder. Monitor renal function for creatinine elevation, acute renal failure and tubular disorders. Its overdose section describes ready dialyzability; that observation is not a labeled routine dialysis replacement regimen. The retrieved document prints a September 2022 revision. These selected restrictions do not establish present product availability or adjudicate specialist off-label aluminum treatment.
Source: https://www.novartis.com/us-en/sites/novartis_us/files/desferal.pdf