Uses, Dosage & Side Effects: Gemcitabine Injection
Gemcitabine Injection
| Generic name | Gemcitabine hydrochloride |
|---|---|
| Drug class | Nucleoside metabolic inhibitor (antineoplastic/cytotoxic chemotherapy medicine) |
| Forms | Lyophilized (freeze-dried) powder for solution for intravenous infusion, in single-use vials (200 mg, 1 g, 2 g), Ready-to-use liquid injection (100 mg/mL) in multiple-dose vials (200 mg/2 mL, 1 g/10 mL, 1.5 g/15 mL, 2 g/20 mL) |
Gemcitabine is a chemotherapy medicine given by injection into a vein. It is used to treat several types of cancer, either alone or combined with other cancer medicines.
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