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Chemo Drug Reference Site

Posted By: Kathleen on 2009-03-26
In Reply to: chemo drug name - Elaine Reynolds

Subject: Chemo Drug Reference Site

Here's a good reference site for chemo drugs, which I found the other day.

http://www.chemocare.com/bio/


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Care During Chemotherapy and Beyond

presented by Scott Hamilton









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Chemotherapy Drugs - Drug Names


To find the chemotherapy drug that you are taking, find the chemo drug in the list below and click on the drug name. You may also view our chemotherapy drug list by acronym (combination of letters, numbers or words that stand for a group of drugs).







1
13-cis-Retinoic Acid
2
2-CdA (t) 2-Chlorodeoxyadenosine (t)
5
5-fluorouracil (t) 5-FU
6
6 - TG (o) 6 - Thioguanine (o) 6-Mercaptopurine (o) 6-MP (o)
A
Abraxane Accutane (t) Actinomycin-D Adriamycin (t) Adrucil (t) Agrylin (t) Ala-Cort (t) Aldesleukin Alemtuzumab ALIMTA Alitretinoin Alkaban-AQ (t) Alkeran (t) All-transretinoic acid (o) Alpha interferon (o) Altretamine Amethopterin (o) Amifostine Aminoglutethimide Anagrelide Anandron (t) Anastrozole Arabinosylcytosine (t) Ara-C (t) Aranesp (t) Aredia (t) Arimidex (t) Aromasin Arranon® Arsenic trioxide Asparaginase ATRA (o) Avastin (t) Azacitidine
B
BCG BCNU (t) Bevacizumab Bexarotene BEXXAR (t) Bicalutamide BiCNU (t) Blenoxane (t) Bleomycin Bortezomib Busulfan Busulfex (t)
C
C225 Calcium Leucovorin (o) Campath (t) Camptosar (t) Camptothecin-11 (o) Capecitabine Carac (t) Carboplatin Carmustine Carmustine wafer Casodex (t) CCNU (o) CDDP (t) CeeNU (t) Cerubidine (t) cetuximab Chlorambucil Cisplatin Citrovorum Factor (o) Cladribine Cortisone (t) Cosmegen (t) CPT-11 (o) Cyclophosphamide Cytadren (t) Cytarabine Cytarabine liposomal Cytosar-U (t) Cytoxan (t)
D
Dacarbazine Dactinomycin Darbepoetin alfa Daunomycin Daunorubicin Daunorubicin hydrochloride (t) Daunorubicin liposomal DaunoXome (t) Decadron (t) Delta-Cortef (t) Deltasone (t) Denileukin diftitox DepoCyt (t) Dexamethasone Dexamethasone acetate dexamethasone sodium phosphate Dexasone (t) Dexrazoxane DHAD (o) DIC (t) Diodex (t) Docetaxel Doxil (t) Doxorubicin Doxorubicin liposomal Droxia (t) DTIC (t) DTIC-Dome (t) Duralone (t)
E
Efudex (t) Eligard (t) Ellence (t) Eloxatin (t) Elspar (t) Emcyt (t) Epirubicin Epoetin alfa Erbitux Erlotinib Erwinia L-asparaginase (t) Estramustine Ethyol Etopophos (t) Etoposide Etoposide phosphate (t) Eulexin (t) Evista (t) Exemestane
F
Fareston (t) Faslodex (t) Femara (t) Filgrastim Floxuridine Fludara (t) Fludarabine Fluoroplex (t) Fluorouracil Fluorouracil (cream) Fluoxymesterone Flutamide Folinic Acid (o) FUDR (t) Fulvestrant
G
G-CSF (t) Gefitinib Gemcitabine Gemtuzumab ozogamicin Gemzar (t) GleevecTM Gliadel wafer (t) GM-CSF (o) Goserelin granulocyte - colony stimulating factor (t) Granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (o)
H
Halotestin (t) Herceptin (t) Hexadrol (t) Hexalen (t) Hexamethylmelamine (t) HMM (t) Hycamtin (t) Hydrea (t) Hydrocort Acetate (t) Hydrocortisone Hydrocortisone sodium phosphate Hydrocortisone sodium succinate Hydrocortone phosphate (t) Hydroxyurea
I
Ibritumomab Ibritumomab Tiuxetan Idamycin® Idarubicin Ifex® IFN-alpha Ifosfamide IL-11 IL-2 Imatinib mesylate Imidazole Carboxamide Interferon alfa Interferon Alfa-2b (PEG conjugate) (o) Interleukin - 2 (t) Interleukin-11 (o) Intron A® (interferon alfa-2b) Iressa (t) Irinotecan Isotretinoin

K
Kidrolase (t)
L
Lanacort (t) L-asparaginase (t) LCR (o) Letrozole Leucovorin Leukeran (t) Leukine (t) Leuprolide Leurocristine (o) Leustatin (t) Liposomal Ara-C (t) Liquid Pred (t) Lomustine L-PAM (o) L-Sarcolysin (o) Lupron (t) Lupron Depot (t)
M
Matulane (t) Maxidex (t) Mechlorethamine Mechlorethamine Hydrochloride Medralone (t) Medrol (t) Megace (t) Megestrol Megestrol Acetate (o) Melphalan Mercaptopurine Mesna Mesnex (t) Methotrexate Methotrexate Sodium (o) Methylprednisolone Meticorten (t) Mitomycin Mitomycin-C (o) Mitoxantrone M-Prednisol (t) MTC (o) MTX (o) Mustargen (t) Mustine Mutamycin (t) Myleran (t) Mylocel (t) Mylotarg (t)
N
Navelbine (t) Nelarabine Neosar (t) Neulasta (t) Neumega (t) Neupogen (t) Nilandron (t) Nilutamide Nipent® Nitrogen Mustard (o) Novaldex (t) Novantrone (t)
O
Octreotide Octreotide acetate (o) Oncospar (t) Oncovin (t) Ontak (t) Onxal (t) Oprevelkin Orapred (t) Orasone (t) Oxaliplatin
P
Paclitaxel Paclitaxel Protein-bound Pamidronate Panretin (t) Paraplatin (t) Pediapred (t) PEG Interferon Pegaspargase Pegfilgrastim PEG-INTRON (t) PEG-L-asparaginase PEMETREXED Pentostatin Phenylalanine Mustard (o) Platinol (t) Platinol-AQ (t) Prednisolone Prednisone Prelone (t) Procarbazine PROCRIT (t) Proleukin (t) Prolifeprospan 20 with Carmustine implant (t) Purinethol (t)
R
Raloxifene Rheumatrex (t) Rituxan (t) Rituximab Roferon-A® (interferon alfa-2a) Rubex (t) Rubidomycin hydrochloride (t)
S
Sandostatin (t) Sandostatin LAR (t) Sargramostim Solu-Cortef (t) Solu-Medrol (t) STI-571 Streptozocin
T
Tamoxifen Tarceva Targretin (t) Taxol (t) Taxotere (t) Temodar Temozolomide Teniposide TESPA (o) Thalidomide Thalomid (t) TheraCys (t) Thioguanine Thioguanine Tabloid (t) Thiophosphoamide (o) Thioplex (t) Thiotepa TICE (t) Toposar (t) Topotecan Toremifene Tositumomab Trastuzumab Tretinoin Trexall (t) Trisenox (t) TSPA (o)
V
VCR (o) Velban (t) Velcade (t) VePesid (t) Vesanoid (t) Viadur (t) Vidaza (t) Vinblastine Vinblastine Sulfate (o) Vincasar Pfs (t) Vincristine Vinorelbine Vinorelbine tartrate (o) VLB (o) VM-26 (o) VP-16 (t) Vumon (t)
X
Xeloda (t)
Z
Zanosar (t) Zevalin (t) Zinecard (t) Zoladex (t) Zoledronic acid Zometa (t)



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Chemo Drugs
Subject: Chemo Drugs

I found the following site that might be helpful
www.chemocare.com/bio/
I did find Vectibix which may be the Bectibex that you're hearing.