Oxymetholone (By mouth)

Anadrol-50

Ask your doctor or pharmacist before using any other medicine, including over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products.

• Some medicines and foods can affect how oxymetholone works. Tell your doctor if you are also using any of the following:
  • Other steroid medicine
  • Blood thinner, including warfarin
  • Insulin or diabetes medicine

Tablet

• Take your medicine as directed. Your dose may need to be changed several times to find what works best for you.
• Missed dose: Take a dose as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for your next dose, wait until then and take a regular dose. Do not take extra medicine to make up for a missed dose.
• Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light.

Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088

Oxymetholone (ox-i-METH-oh-lone)

Treats anemia (decreased number of red blood cells). This medicine is an anabolic steroid.

Call your doctor right away if you notice any of these side effects:

• Allergic reaction: Itching or hives, swelling in your face or hands, swelling or tingling in your mouth or throat, chest tightness, trouble breathing
• Dark urine or pale stools, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, stomach pain, yellow skin or eyes
• Hoarseness, deep voice, hair growth on face, menstrual changes, genital swelling, acne in women
• Rapid weight gain, swelling in your hands, ankles, or feet
• Painful, prolonged erection of your penis, pain and swelling of your testicles
• Unusual bleeding or bruising

If you notice these less serious side effects, talk with your doctor:

• Changes in skin color
• Nausea, vomiting

• It is not safe to take this medicine during pregnancy. It could harm an unborn baby. Tell your doctor right away if you become pregnant.
• Tell your doctor if you are breastfeeding, or if you have breast cancer, heart disease, kidney disease, liver disease, diabetes, prostate cancer, or blood clotting problems.
• This medicine may cause the following problems:
  • Liver damage or tumors
  • Changes to cholesterol levels in the blood, which could lead to heart disease
  • Prostate problems in older men
• Your doctor will do lab tests at regular visits to check on the effects of this medicine. Keep all appointments.
• This medicine may raise or lower your blood sugar level.
• This medicine could cause infertility. Talk with your doctor before using this medicine if you plan to have children.
• Keep all medicine out of the reach of children. Never share your medicine with anyone.