What is Zolasta 4mg injection?
Zolasta 4mg injection contains Zoledronic acid as its active ingredient. It is made by Intas and comes as a ready-to-use injection. This medicine belongs to a group of drugs called bisphosphonates. They work directly on bone tissue.
What is Zolasta 4mg used for?
Doctors prescribe Zolasta 4mg injection for conditions that weaken bones or affect calcium levels in the blood. It is used in adults. Common reasons for prescribing it include:
- High calcium in the blood caused by cancer
- Bone damage from cancers that have spread to the bones
- A bone disease called Paget’s disease
- Prevention of bone loss in certain cancer treatments
How Zolasta 4mg injection works?
Bone tissue is always being broken down and rebuilt. In some conditions, the breakdown happens too fast. Zoledronic acid slows the cells that break down bone. This helps bone stay denser and stronger.
It also lowers the amount of calcium released from bone into the blood. This brings high calcium levels back down.
Side effects
Most people handle this injection without serious problems. Side effects do occur and are worth knowing before you start.
- Fever and flu-like feelings after the injection
- Bone, joint, or muscle pain
- Headache
- Nausea or stomach upset
- Low calcium levels in the blood
- Kidney problems: watch for reduced urine output
- Jaw bone problems: rare but serious with long-term use
If you notice sudden jaw pain, severe bone pain, or a sharp drop in urine output, contact your doctor the same day.
Who should not use injection
Tell your doctor about your full health history before this injection is given.
- People with low calcium levels in the blood should not take it until calcium is corrected
- Pregnant women should not take this medicine
- If you are breastfeeding you should not take this medicine
- People with a known allergy to Zoledronic acid or any bisphosphonate should not take it
People scheduled for dental procedures should tell their dentist they are on this medication. Jaw problems are rare but have been reported with long-term bisphosphonate use.
How to store Zolasta 4mg injection
Store this injection below 30 C.
- Once reconstituted, use it immediately
- Do not freeze it.
- Once opened, use it within the time frame your doctor or pharmacist specifies.
- Do not keep an opened vial for later use.
