Abevmy Bevacizumab Injection

Bevacizumab injection products are used to treat a variety of solid tumors. This includes certain lung, kidney, liver, brain, colon, rectal, female reproductive organ or peritoneal (tissue that lines the abdomen) cancers. Bevacizumab injection products are in a class of medications called antiangiogenic agents. They work by stopping the formation of blood vessels that bring oxygen and nutrients to tumors. This may slow the growth and spread of tumors.

Bevacizumab injection products come as a solution (liquid) to be slowly injected intravenously (into a vein) by a doctor or nurse in a hospital or medical facility. It is given once every 2 or 3 weeks. The schedule depends on the condition you have, the other medications you are using, and how your body responds to treatment.

It should take 90 minutes for you to receive your first dose of a bevacizumab injection product. A doctor or nurse will watch you closely to see how your body reacts to bevacizumab. If you do not have any serious problems when you receive your first dose of a bevacizumab injection product, it will usually take 30 to 60 minutes for you to receive each of your remaining doses of the medication.

Bevacizumab injection products may cause serious reactions during infusion of the medication. If you experience any of the following symptoms, tell your doctor immediately: difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, chills, shaking, sweating, headaches, chest pain, dizziness, feeling faint, flushing, itching, rash, or hives. Your doctor may need to slow down your infusion, or delay or stop your treatment if you experience these or other side effects.

Bevacizumab injection products are also sometimes used to treat wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD; an ongoing disease of the eye that causes loss of the ability to see straight ahead and may make it more difficult to read, drive, or perform other daily activities) and diabetic macular edema (an eye disease caused by diabetes that can lead to vision loss). Talk to your doctor about the risks of using bevacizumab injection products to treat your condition.

This medication may be prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.