Uses, Dosage & Side Effects: Oxaliplatin Injection
Oxaliplatin Injection
| Generic name | oxaliplatin |
|---|---|
| Drug class | Platinum-based antineoplastic agent (alkylating-type) |
| Forms | Intravenous injection/infusion: 50 mg/10 mL (5 mg/mL) single-dose vial, Intravenous injection/infusion: 100 mg/20 mL (5 mg/mL) single-dose vial, Intravenous injection/infusion: 200 mg/40 mL (5 mg/mL) single-dose vial (one source) |
Oxaliplatin Injection is a platinum-based chemotherapy (anti-cancer) medicine given into a vein. It is used together with two other anti-cancer medicines, fluorouracil and leucovorin, to treat certain colon and colorectal cancers.
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