Pentostatin Guide
- Summary
- About Your Treatment
- Important Warning
- Brand Names
- Other Uses
- Overdose
- Precautions
- Possible Side Effects
- Special Instructions
About Your Treatment
Your doctor has ordered the drug pentostatin to help treat your illness. The drug can be given by injection into a vein. This medication is used to treat: hairy cell leukemia chronic lymphocytic leukemia
This medication is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
Pentostatin is a type of antibiotic that is only used for chemotherapy; it slows or stops the growth of cancer cells in your body. The length of treatment depends on the types of drugs you are taking, how well your body responds to them, and ...
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Encyclopedia: Pentostatin
Pentostatin is an anticancer chemotherapeutic drug. It is classified as a purine antimetabolite. It mimics the nucleoside adenosine and thus inhibits the enzyme adenosine deaminase, interfering with the cell's ability to process DNA. Cancer cells generally divide more often than healthy cells; DNA is highly involved in cell division and drugs which target DNA-related processes are therefore more toxic to cancer cells than healthy cells. Pentostatin is commonly used to...
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Pentostatin (Nipent ) : Cancerbackup
Pentostatin (Nipent ) is a chemotherapy drug that is given as a treatment for some types of leukaemia. This section describes how it is given and some of ...
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Pentostatin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jun 28, 2008 ... Pentostatin (Deoxycoformycin) is an anticancer chemotherapeutic drug. It is classified as a purine analog, which is a type of antimetabolite ...
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PENTOSTATIN - INJECTION (Nipent) side effects, medical uses, and ......
Consumer information about the medication PENTOSTATIN - INJECTION (Nipent), includes side ... Read more about the prescription drug PENTOSTATIN - INJECTION.
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Complete Pentostatin information from Drugs.com
All about Pentostatin. View complete and up to date Pentostatin information - part of the Drugs.com trusted medication database.
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pentostatin medical facts from Drugs.com
Physician reviewed pentostatin patient information - includes pentostatin description, dosage and directions.
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