Neoplastics Disorders

Neoplastic disorder refers to a disease state which is related to the hyperproliferation of cells. Neoplastic disorders include, but are not limited to, carcinomas, sarcomas and leukemias.

Antineoplastic:
Antineoplastics are drugs that inhibit and combat the development of tumors. In the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, they are classified under L01D. Examples of Antineoplastic are as follows:

Sr Sub Group Generic Prescription (Rx) Drugs Generic Prescription (Rx) Drugs In Treatment Of Common Brand Name for Generic Prescription (Rx) Drugs
1. ANTI NEOPLASTIC AGENTS AMIFOSTINE Reduction of neutropaenia- related
infection w// cyclophosphamide and
cisplatin therapy;reduction of cisplatin
-induced renal toxity; prevention of xerostomia during radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.
 Ethyol
ASPARAGINASE Induction of remission of adult acute
leukaemia		 Elspar
BLEOMYCIN Treatment of squamous cell or testicular
tumours; treatment of lymphoma.		 Blenoxane
BUSULFAN Palliative treatment of chronic myeloid lukemia; polycythemia vera;essential thrombocythaemia Busulfex , Myleran
CALCIUM FOLINATE Antidote for methotrexate toxicity Calcium Leucovorin
CAPECITABINE Metastatic colorectal cancer and breast
cancer monotherapy		 Capecitabine, Xeloda
CARBOPLATIN Advanced ovarian carcinoma Paraplatin
CHLORAMBUCIL Treatment of Hodgkin's Disease; treatment
of non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma; Treatment of Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinaemia		 Leukeran
CISPLATIN Treatment of Mestatic Ovarian & Bladder Cancer;Mestatic Testicular Tumours Platino
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE

Conditioning regimen for bone marrow transplantation

 Endoxan, Cytoxan, Neosar, Procytox
CYTARABINE

Treatment of acute lukaemia& refractory
disease

 		 Cytosar-U.
DACARBAZINE Treatment of mestatic malignant melanoma DTIC, DTIC-Dome
DACTINOMYCIN Treatment of Wilm's Tumour, Ewing's Sarcoma and childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma Cosmegen
DAUNORUBICIN Treatment of acute lukaemia DaunoXome
DOCETAXEL Treatment of Breast Cancer as a single agent after failure of previous Zoladex
DOXORUBICIN Treatment of Metastatic Breast Carcinoma Adriamycin PFS, Adriamycin RDF, Rubex
EPIRUBICIN Treatment of Breast Cancer & adjuvant treatment of early Breast Cancer w//+ve Lymph nodes Ellence, Pharmorubicin, Epirubicin Ebewe
ETHYL ESTRADIOL Palliative treatment of Prostatic Carcinoma & Breast Cancer
ETOPOSIDE Treatment of Testicular Tumour, Lung Cancer, Tumours of the Brain, Git, Ovary and Thymus, acute Lymphomas Etopophos, Toposar, VePesid
FILGRASTIM Congenital Neutropaenia; Idiopathic or Cyclic Neutropaenia ;HIV infection and persistent Neutropaenia Neupogen, Religrast, Nugraf
FLUTAMIDE Pilliative Treatment of Prostatic Carcinoma Eulexin, Flutamin
FOSFESTROL Non small Cell Lung Carcinoma & Pancreatic Cancer
GOSERELIN Palliative Treatment of Prostatic Carcinoma & Breast Cancer, Endometrosis, Endometral Thinning Zoladex
HYDROXYCARBAMIDE Treatment of Malignancies
IFOSFAMIDE Treatment of solid tumours in Cervix, Lungs, Ovary, Testis and Thymus Mitoxana and Ifex
INTERFERON ALFA-2 A   Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma
INTERFERON ALFA-2 B   AIDS related Kaposi's Sarcoma;Treatment of hairy-cell Leukaemia
LETROZOLE Advance Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal women Femara
LEUPRORELIN Management of advanced Prostate Cancer; Endometriosis and Uterine Fibroids ;Precocious Puberty Lucrin
LOMUSTINE Treatment of Brain Tumours, Resistant or relapsed Hodgkin' Lymphoma, malignant Melanoma, Renal Carcinoma, Lung Cancer, Colon Cancer CeeNU
MERCAPTOPURINE Treatment of acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia and Myeloid Lukaemias Purinethol
MESNA Treatment of acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia and Myeloid Lukaemias Urometaxan, MESNEX, Uromitexan
METHOTREXATE Treatment of Burkitt's Lymphoma Rheumatrex, Trexall TM
MITOMYCIN Treatment of solid Tumours including Bladder, Breast, Cervix, Eye, Liver, Lung, Stomach and Prostate mutamycin
MITOXANTRONE Treatment of acute Lukaemia, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer and Lymphomas Novantrone
OXALIPLATIN Treatment of Mestatic Ovarian & Bladder Cancer;Mestatic Testicular Tumours Eloxatin
PACLITAXEL Treatment of Ovarian Carcinoma;Breast Cancer;Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma Taxol
TAMOXIFEN Treatment of Breast Cancer Nolvadex, Istubal, and Valodex.
TRIPTORELIN Prostatic Cancer Decapeptyl (Ipsen), Diphereline and Gonapeptyl
VINBLASTINE Treatment of Hodgkin's and non Hodgkin's Lymphoma;Testicular, Lung, Head and Neck, Breast and Renal Carcinomas, Mycosis, Fugodies, Kaposi's Sarcoma, Histiocytosis, Choriocarcinoma, Idiopathic Thrombocytopaenic Purpura Alkaban, Velban
VINCRISTINE Treatment of acute Lukaemia Oncovin