Medication and Pharmacology Terms

A drug used to reduce heart damage in women given doxorubicin for breast cancer that has spread.

An infusion that shuts down the cells dismantling bone, given as rarely as once a year in some conditions.

Zoledronic acid is an intravenous bisphosphonate used to treat cancer-related high blood calcium and to reduce fractures from bone metastases.

A drug that is used to treat cutaneous T-cell lymphoma that does not get better, gets worse, or comes back during or after treatment with other drugs.

Sleep arrives sooner, but tolerance, dependence and next day drowsiness are the reasons courses are kept short.

Zometa delivers zoledronic acid intravenously to slow bone breakdown, treating cancer related high calcium levels and reducing skeletal complications from bone metastases.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

Its usefulness and its drawbacks come from the same source, a drug that acts on many receptor systems rather than one.

A drug used to treat certain mental disorders.

A substance being studied in the treatment of melanoma and many other types of cancer.

A substance being studied in the treatment of certain types of cancer, including ovarian cancer and lung cancer.

A substance being studied in the treatment of leukemias and lymphomas.

A drug that is used in the treatment of acne and psoriasis and is being studied in cancer prevention.

A form that must be filed by an investigator running a clinical trial to study a new drug or agent.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.

A drug used in the treatment of cancer.

A form of the drug tamoxifen that is made by the body after taking tamoxifen.

A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer.