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Prescribed Medications
| 1. | cladribine(Leustatin ) | ||
| 2. | rituximab(Rituxan ) | ||
| 3. | pentostatin(Nipent ) | ||
| 4. | interferon alfa-2b(Intron A ) | ||
| 5. | interferon alfa-2a(Roferon-A ) | ||
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CLADRIBINE (KLA dri been) is a chemotherapy drug. This medicine reduces the growth of cancer cells and can suppress the immune system. It is used for treating leukemias.
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Antimetabolite antineoplastic agent; synthetic purine nucleoside.
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Cladribine, also known by the brand name Leustatin, is a chemotherapy medicine used to treat certain types of cancer by destroying cancerous cells.
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RITUXIMAB (ri TUX i mab) is a monoclonal antibody. This medicine changes the way the body's immune system works. It is used commonly to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and other conditions. In cancer cells, this drug targets a specific protein within...
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Antineoplastic agent; a chimeric human-murine anti-human antigen CD20 monoclonal antibody.
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Rituximab is a humanized monoclonal antibody that selectively binds to CD20, a protein found on the surface of normal and malignant B cells and is used to reduce the numbers of circulating B cells in patients who have B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma...
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PENTOSTATIN (PEN toe stat in) is a chemotherapy drug. It interferes with the growth of cancer cells. It is usually used to treat hairy-cell leukemia.
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Antimetabolite antineoplastic antibiotic; purine antagonist produced by Streptomyces antibioticus .
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Pentostatin is an anticancer (antineoplastic) agent belonging to the class of drugs called antimetabolites (compounds that prevent the synthesis and utilization of normal cellular metabolite). It is a natural product isolated from Streptomyces ant...
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INTERFERON ALFA-2b (in ter FEER on AL fa 2 b) is a man-made protein. Natural interferons are produced in the body to help the immune system fight viral infections and certain cancer growths. This medicine has similar actions to natural interferons...
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INTERFERON ALFA-2a (in ter FEER on AL fa 2 a) (Roferon-A) helps the immune system fight viral infections such as chronic hepatitis C, and certain cancers like Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myelogenous leukemia, and hairy cell leukemia.
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