Saturday, February 16, 2008

Drugs : Classifications II

Antineoplastic Agents
Alkylating Agents
o Altretamine (Hexalen)
o Busulfan (Myleran)
o Carboplatin (Paraplatin)
o Cisplatin (Platinol AQ)
o Procarbazine (Matulane)
o Triethylene-triphosphamide (Thio-Tepa, TESPA, TSPA)

Nitrogen Mustards
o Chlorambucil (Leukeran)
o Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan, Neosar)
o Ifosfamide (Ifex, Holoxan)
o Mechlorethamine (Mustargen)
o Melphalan [I-PAM] (Alkeran)

Nitrosoureas
o Carmustine [BCNU] (BiCNU)
o Streptozocin (Zanosar)

Antibiotics
o Bleomycin sulphate (Blenoxane)
o Dactinomycin (Cosmegen)
o Daunorubicin (Daunomycin, Cerubidine)
o Doxorubicin (Adriamycin, Rubex)
o Idarubicin (Idamycin)
o Mitomycin (Mutamycin)
o Pentostatin (Nipent)
o Plicamycin (Mithracin)

Antimetabolites
o Cytarabine [ARA-C] (Cytosar-U)
o Cytarabine Liposomal (DepoCyt)
o Floxuridine (FUDR)
o Fludarabine (Fludara)
o Fluorouracil [5-FUJ] (Adrucil)
o Gemcitabine (Gemzar))
o Mercaptopurine [6-MP] (Purinethol)Methotrexate (Folex, Rheumatrex)6-Thioguanine (Tabloid)

Hormones
o Anastrozole (Anmidex)
o Bicalutamide (Casodex) Estramustine phosphate (Estracyt, Emcyt)
o Fluoxymesterone (Halotestin)
o Flutamide (Eulexin)
o Fulvestrant (Faslodex)
o Goserelin (Zoladex)
o Leuprolide acetate (Lupron, Viadur)
o Levamisole (Ergamisol)
o Megestrol acetate (Megace)
o Nilutamide (Nilandron)
o Tamoxifen acetate (Nolvadex)Triptorelin (Trelstar Depot, Trelstar LA)

Mitotic Inhibitors
o Etoposide ]VP-161 (VePesid)
o Vinblastine (Velban, Velbe)
o Vincristine (Oncovin, Vincasar PFS)
o Vinorelbine (Navelbine)

Miscellaneous Antineoplastic Agents
o Aldesleukin [Interleukin- 2, IL-2] (Proleukin)
o Aminoglutethimide (Cytadren)
o L-Asparaginase (Elspar, Oncaspar)
o BCG (TheraCys, Tice BCG)
o Cladribine (Leustatin)
o Dacarbazine (DTIC)
o Docetaxel (Taxotere)
o Gefitinib (Iressa)
o Hydroxyurea (Hydrea, Droxia)
o Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec)
o Irinotecan (Camptosar)
o Letrozole (Femara)
o Leucovorin (Wellcovorin)
o Mitotane (Lysodren)
o Mitoxantrone (Novantrone)
o Paclitaxel (Taxol)
o Pentostatin (Nipent)
o Rasburicase (Elitek)
o Topotecan (Hycamtin)
o Tretinoin [Retinoic acid] (Vesanoid)