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Only physicians experienced in cancer chemotherapy should use Cytarabine Injection.
For induction therapy patients should be treated in a facility with laboratory and supportive resources sufficient to monitor drug tolerance and protect...
Cytarabine Injection in combination with other approved anti-cancer drugs is indicated for remission induction in acute non-lymphocytic leukemia of adults and pediatric patients. It has also been found...
Cytarabine Injection is not active orally. The schedule and method of administration varies with the program of therapy to be used. Cytarabine Injection may be given by intravenous infusion or...
Cytarabine Injection is contraindicated in those patients who are hypersensitive to the drug.
Expected Reactions
Because cytarabine is a bone marrow suppressant, anemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, megaloblastosis and reduced...
There is no antidote for overdosage of Cytarabine Injection. Doses of 4.5 g/m2 by intravenous infusion over 1 hour every 12 hours for 12 doses have caused an unacceptable increase in...
Cytarabine Injection, an antineoplastic, is a sterile solution of cytarabine for intravenous, intrathecal or subcutaneous administration. Each mL contains 100 mg Cytarabine (100 mg/mL) in a 20 mL single dose vial...
Cell Culture Studies
Cytarabine is cytotoxic to a wide variety of proliferating mammalian cells in culture. It exhibits cell phase...
Cytarabine Injection is available as follows:
2 g/20 mL (100 mg/mL) in a single dose flip top vial (red cap) packaged individually. NDC No.: 61703-319-22
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