Lenvakast 4 mg (Lenvatinib)

Apart from treating thyroid cancer, a few other diseases can be treated using this medicine, like hepatocellular carcinoma or liver cancer, if no other anti-cancer medicines traveled through the adult’s bloodstream before.

Lenvakast medicines block the action of receptor tyrosine kinases, which are a kind of protein. RTK is responsible for developing blood vessels that carry nutrients and oxygen to different cells and help in their nourishment.

Lenvakast is made up of the active substance Lenvatinib.

Some of the other ingredients present in Lenvakast other than the active substance are Hydroxypropyl Cellulose, low-substituted Hydroxypropyl Cellulose, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Mannitol, Talc, and Calcium Carbonate.

The shell contains Red Iron Oxide, Titanium Dioxide, Yellow Iron Oxide, and Hypromellose.

The print’s ink on the capsule shell consists of Potassium Hydroxide, Shellac, Propylene Glycol, and Black Iron Oxide.

Some of the precautions that you must consider are:

• Ignore using if you have any allergic reaction consuming Lenvatinib or any other components mentioned above
• If you are lactating

Before continuing Lenvakast, your doctor should know certain things about your health like:

• Whether you had any surgery or radioactive therapy
• Your age
• High BP
• Any persisting liver or kidney problems

Before being prescribed Lenvakast, your doctor essentially should carry out some tests to determine whether you will be eligible to take medicine.

They might also advise you to take care according to your medical conditions and the side effects you might face.

Lenvakast is specifically not recommended for children and those who are in their adolescence. The results of the medicine on younger people are still unknown.

Those who are pregnant or lactating should inform their doctor before they take it. The interaction with your ongoing drugs may have some reaction with this medicine.

Consuming the drug during pregnancy is very harmful to your baby.

While breastfeeding, the medicine should also not be taken since the components may pass through the breast milk to the baby.

Consumption may have certain side effects on your body.

They include feeling weak or numb, severe headaches, confusion, seizure, changes in vision or dizzy feeling, or difficulty in taking. In this case, the patient should consult the doctor.

If the patient feels pains in the chest, arms, back, or neck, the patient might have heart problems. It also causes irregularity in heart rate, shortness of breath, continuous coughing, etc.

If Lenvakast causes internal bleeding, black or bloody stools, or coughing up blood are its symptoms.

The medicine should be stored in a cool place, not above 25 degrees Celsius.

Generally, you should take one per day but act according to your doctor’s recommendation.