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Multiple Myeloma Learning Center

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. Usually, the drugs are taken by mouth every 3 to 4 weeks for 6 to 9 months or lon...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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.
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Biologic response modifier; thalidomide analog with immunomodulatory, antineoplastic, and antiangiogenic activity.
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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.
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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.
Source:GOLD
Antineoplastic agent; a nitrosourea-derivative alkylating agent.
Source:AHFS
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. Carmustine is often referred to as BCNU, and along with other chemically similar drugs ( ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
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.
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Antineoplastic agent; inhibitor of 26S proteasome.
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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.
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Zoledronate is also known as Zometa. It is a treatment for hypercalcemia (high levels of calcium in the blood) caused by tumors. New laboratory evidence suggests that, in addition, zoledronate may have direct anticancer effects.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
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...
Source:GOLD
Biologic response modifier; has immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, antiangiogenic, and sedative and hypnotic activities.
Source:AHFS
A drug known to cause severe birth defects that was never approved for use in the United States, but widely available elsewhere in the 1950s and 60s as a sedative and for treatment of nausea during pregnancy. Thalidomide was sold in Europe, notabl...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Thalidomide, which is also known as Thalomid, is a drug used to fight aggressive cancers, particularly those that have metastasized, or spread.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
ZOLEDRONIC ACID (ZOE le dron ik AS id) lowers the amount of calcium loss from bone. It is used to treat Paget's disease and osteoporosis in women.
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ZOLEDRONIC ACID (ZOE le dron ik AS id) lowers the amount of calcium loss from bone. It is used to treat Paget's disease and osteoporosis in women.
Source:GOLD
Synthetic bisphosphonate; bone resorption inhibitor.
Source:AHFS
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