Can You Receive Too Much PROVENGE?
- Have prostate cancer that has spread to other areas of the body (metastatic prostate cancer)
- Have minimal or no symptoms from their cancer
- Cannot adequately be treated with hormone therapy.
PROVENGE is considered an autologous (related to yourself) immunotherapy. This means it uses your own immune cells to help fight the cancer. Each PROVENGE dose is uniquely made for each individual person, using that person's white blood cells. The dose is given by an injection into a vein (an intravenous or IV injection) in a healthcare setting.
Because each dose is made with a person's own immune cells, has a specific amount of cells in it, and is given in a healthcare setting, it is highly unlikely that an intentional or unintentional overdose could occur with this medication. However, if you think you have been given too much PROVENGE, seek immediate medical attention.
There are no reported cases of an PROVENGE overdose. In addition, it is unlikely that an overdose would occur from normal use of the drug. Therefore, any expected symptoms from an overdose, if at all possible, are unknown.
Treating a PROVENGE Overdose
Treatment, if necessary, would most likely involve supportive care, which consists of treating the symptoms that occur as a result of an overdose. Because it is unclear what to expect from an overdose, or if an overdose could even occur, it is unknown what type of supportive care would be used.
It is important that you seek medical attention immediately if you believe that you or someone else may have received too much PROVENGE.
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