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Chemotherapy and other cancer drugs: Individual drugs (The list of accompanying Side Efects will be forthcoming) (Adriamycin) Doxorubicin Aldesleukin or IL-2 (Proleukin) Amsacrine (acridinyl anisidide; m-AMSA) Anastrozole (Arimidex) Bevacizumab (Avastin) Bicalutamide (Casodex) Bleomycin Busulfan (Campto) Irinotecan Capecitabine (Xeloda) Carboplatin (Paraplatin) Carmustine (BCNU) Chlorambucil Cisplatin Cladribine (2-CdA, Leustatin) Crisantaspase (asparaginase) Cyclophosphamide Cyproterone acetate (Cyprostat) Cytarabine (Ara C, cytosine arabinoside) Dacarbazine (DTIC) Dactinomycin (Actinomycin D) Daunorubicin Docetaxel (Taxotere) Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) Epirubicin Estramustine (Emcyt, Estracyte) Etoposide (VP16, Etopophos) Exemestane (Aromasin) Fludarabine Fluorouracil (5FU) Flutamide (Drogenil) Gemcitabine (Gemzar) (Herceptin) Trastuzumab Goserelin (Zoladex) for breast cancer Goserelin (Zoladex) for prostate cancer Hydroxycarbamide (used to called hydroxyurea) Idarubicin (Zavedos) Ifosfamide Interferon (Roferon, Intron A) Irinotecan (Campto) Interleukin Letrozole ( Femara) Liposomal Doxorubicin (Caelyx, Myocet, Doxcil) Lomustine (CCNU) Melphalan Mercaptopurine (6-MP, Purinethol ) Methotrexate Mitomycin C Mitoxantrone Oxaliplatin (Eloxatin) Paclitaxel (Taxol) Pentostatin Procarbazine Raltitrexed (Tomudex) Streptozocin (Zanosar) Steroids Tamoxifen (Novaldex) (Taxol) Paclitaxel (Taxotere) Docetaxel Tegafur with uracil (Uftoral) Temozolomide (Temodal) Tioguanine (Lanvis, 6-TG, 6-tioguanine, Tabloid) Thiotepa (Thioplex, Triethylenethiophosphoramide) (Tomudex) Raltitrexed Topotecan (Hycamtin) Trastuzumab (Herceptin) Tretinoin (Vesanoid, ATRA) Treosulfan Vinblastine (Velban) Vincristine (Oncovin) Vindesine (Eldisine) Vinorelbine (Navelbine) Generalised side-effects of chemotherapy include: Suppress bone marrow, injure lining of stomach, cause hair loss; may decrease fertility. The drugs can cause the following: nerve damage, heart damage, kidney damage, endometrial cancer, blood clots, hot flashes, erectile dysfunction (impotence), abnormal liver function test results, fluid retention, allergic reaction, fever, chills, bone marrow suppression, severe difficulty with breathing (respiratory distress). Reference: The Merck Manual, home edition. |
