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| 1. | lenalidomide(Revlimid ) | ||
| 2. | bortezomib(Velcade ) | ||
| 3. | carmustine(BiCNU , Gliadel) | ||
| 4. | DOXOrubicin liposomal(Doxil ) | ||
| 5. | thalidomide(Thalomid ) | ||
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Chemotherapy, or treatment with anti-cancer drugs, is used for multiple myeloma. MP, a combination of the drugs melphalan and prednisone, is the standard treatment.
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LENALIDOMIDE (len a LID oh mide) is used to treat anemia from a myelodysplastic syndrome. It is also used to treat multiple myeloma. The medicine may help you to need blood transfusions less often.
This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
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Biologic response modifier; thalidomide analog with immunomodulatory, antineoplastic, and antiangiogenic activity.
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LIPOSOMAL DOXORUBICIN (LIP oh som al dox oh ROO bi sin) is a chemotherapy drug. This medicine is used to treat many kinds of cancer like Kaposi's sarcoma, multiple myeloma, and ovarian cancer.
This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
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CARMUSTINE, BCNU (kar MUS teen) is a chemotherapy drug. It interferes with the growth of rapidly growing cells like cancer cells. This medicine is used to treat brain tumors, multiple myeloma, Hodgkin's disease, and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
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Antineoplastic agent; a nitrosourea-derivative alkylating agent.
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CARMUSTINE, BCNU (kar MUS teen) is a chemotherapy drug. It is used to treat glioma and glioblastoma. The wafers are placed at a site where a brain tumor used to be, at the end of a surgery to remove the tumor.
This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
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Carmustine is an antineoplastic drug, meaning that it inhibits the growth of cancer. It does this by disrupting DNA and synthesis, which leads to cell death.
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BORTEZOMIB (bor TEZ oh mib) is a chemotherapy drug. It slows the growth of cancer cells. This medicine is used to treat multiple myeloma, lymphoma, and other cancers.
This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
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Antineoplastic agent; inhibitor of 26S proteasome.
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THALIDOMIDE (tha LI doe mide) is used to treat diseases caused by abnormalities in the immune system. It may also be used to treat some types of cancer. This medicine causes severe, life-threatening birth defects or death to an unborn child and is only available under strict guidelines. To receive this medicine, you, your doctor and your pharmacy must be registered in the System for Thalidomide Education and Prescribing Safety (STEPS) Program. You may only receive up to a 28-day supply of this medicine at a time, and you will need a new prescription for each refill. Your prescription must be filled within 7 days of your doctor's office visit.
This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
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Biologic response modifier; has immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, antiangiogenic, and sedative and hypnotic activities.
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Within the next three years, 12,000 infants were born in Europe and Canada with serious deformities, including missing or misshapen limbs, spinal cord defects, cleft lip or palate, eye and ear defects, and severe defects of the heart, lungs, kidne...
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Thalidomide, which is also known as Thalomid, is a drug used to fight aggressive cancers, particularly those that have metastasized, or spread.There are many studies, either in progress or recently completed, that suggest thalidomide can slow or s...
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