[David Dixon]

Farydak - does it come as a liquid?

by David Dixon on Wed Jul 01, 2015 10:55 am

My wife Andrea is dealing with multiple myeloma. Our doctor order Farydak (panobinostat) along with Velcade and dexamethasone as a new drug regimen to try to help to control her disease.

One problem: my wife is on a respirator due to facial swelling due to a tooth infection. The tooth was removed, but is still on respirator and is unable to take pills and they cannot be crushed and taken in a feeding tube.

Question: Does the Farydak come in liquid for IV?

[TerryH]

Re: Farydak - does it come as a liquid?

by TerryH on Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:52 pm

Hi David,

Farydak only comes in capsule form.

Perhaps her doctors can figure out a way to give her a drug orally in a way that only briefly disconnects her from her respirator?

I know that hospital pharmacies can sometimes come up with special formulations of drugs that are different than the usual formulation. However, I think there would be a lot of hesitation to do it in the case of Farydak, which is a new drug, and there have been some concerns about its safety.

Here is the FDA-approved prescribing information for the drug, which mentions the form the drug comes in, and also has a lot of other information about it:

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2015/205353s000lbl.pdf

I hope your wife's doctors find a good treatment for her and that her general health recovers very soon. Good luck!