Like all medicines, Gliolan can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
If any of the side effects gets serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist.
After having taken Gliolan and before start of anaesthesia, the following side effects may occur:
Uncommon side effects (likely to occur in more than 1 of 1,000 patients but less than 1 of 100 patients):
Nausea (unsettled stomach), decrease of blood pressure, skin reactions (for example rash, looking like sunburn).
In combination with anaesthesia and tumour resection further side effects may occur:
Very common side effects (likely to occur in more than 1 of 10 patients):
Mild alterations of blood cell counts (red and white cells, platelets), slight increase of some enzymes (transaminases, ?-GT, amylase) or bilirubin (a bile pigment produced in the liver by breakdown of red blood pigment) in the blood. These changes peak between 7 and 14 days after surgery. The changes will completely resolve within a few weeks. Usually you will not experience any symptoms when these changes occur.
Common side effects (likely to occur in more than 1 of 100 patients but less than 1 of 10 patients):
Nausea (unsettled stomach), vomiting (sickness), neurological disorders (disorders that affect the nervous system like hemiparesis (partial paralysis of one side of the body), aphasia (total or partial loss of ability to use or understand language), convulsions (seizures) and hemianopsia ( blindness for half the field of vision in one or both eyes), thromboembolism (blood clots that may obstruct blood vessels).
Uncommon side effects (likely to occur in more than 1 of 1,000 patients but less than 1 of 100 patients):
Decrease of blood pressure.
Very rare side effects (likely to occur in less than 1 of 10,000 patients), including isolated reports:
Hypesthesia (i.e. decrease of your sense of touch); diarrhoea (loose or watery stools).