Triptorelin is used to treat prostate cancer.

Triptorelin is used to treat prostate cancer.

Drotrecogin alfa is a man-made (recombinant) form of a natural enzyme called Activated Protein C. It is used to treat severe/life-threatening infections in the blood (severe sepsis associated with acute organ failure).

This combination medication is a vaccine given to persons over 18 years of age to prevent hepatitis A and hepatitis B infection. These are serious viral infections that cause swelling of the liver; they are very contagious. This vaccine is recommended for people at increased risk for contacting these infections. Those at increased risk include: health care workers, laboratory workers handling blood or bodily fluid specimens; institutional or day care workers; military personnel; police, fire, and emergency medical personnel; hemophiliacs; household members or those with intimate contact with persons infected with hepatitis A or B; people with liver disease, people with multiple sex partners; men having sex with men; prostitutes; IV drug abusers; and persons traveling to high risk areas. This vaccine will not prevent hepatitis caused by other sources (e.g., hepatitis C or other pathogens).

Mannitol is used to increase urine production (diuretic). It is used to treat or prevent medical conditions that are caused by an increase in body fluids/water (e.g., cerebral edema, glaucoma, kidney failure). This medication is frequently given along with other diuretics (e.g., furosemide, chlorothiazide) and/or IV fluid replacement. OTHER USES: This drug may also be used, along with other diuretics, to help remove certain drugs/poisons from the body (e.g., aspirin, barbiturates, bromides, carbon monoxide)

Enalaprilat is an injectable form of the oral drug, enalapril. It is used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure when patients cannot take the oral form of this medication. Enalaprilat works by blocking on enzyme in the body called angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE). This enzyme produces a chemical that narrows blood vessels and raises blood pressure. OTHER USES: This drug may also be used to help prevent kidney problems in diabetics.

Pegfilgrastim is a long-acting form of the drug, filgrastim. These drugs, called colony-stimulating factors, are used to help stimulate the bone marrow to make white blood cells. White blood cells help the body fight infections. Certain medical conditions (e.g., cancer) and/or medications (e.g., cancer chemotherapy) may reduce the body's ability to make normal white blood cells.

Cetrorelix is used in women undergoing fertility treatments (controlled ovarian stimulation). It helps control the hormone levels that cause an egg to release from the ovaries (prevents premature ovulation).

Ertapenem is an antibiotic used to treat a variety of severe bacterial infections (e.g., pneumonia, abdominal infections, skin infections, urinary tract/kidney infections).

Verteporfin is used, along with laser light therapy, to treat a serious eye condition (macular degeneration). After this drug is injected, your doctor will use the laser light therapy to activate the drug in the eye.

This form of interferon is used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS). It is not a cure for MS but has been shown to slow the advancement of the disease. OTHER USES: This drug may also be used for the treatment of certain cancers, immune system disorders, or viral infections.

Paricalcitol is a man-made form of vitamin D used to reduce or prevent high parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels in people with long-term kidney failure (chronic renal failure - CRF). High parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels can cause low calcium and phosphorus levels in the blood.

Gemtuzumab ozogamicin is used to treat a certain form of leukemia called acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Leukemia is a form of cancer that affects the white blood cells. This medication works by combining an antibody that is specific for this form of leukemia with a potent anti-cancer antibiotic. It is recommended only for people with AML who are older than 60 years of age or who should not receive other forms of cancer chemotherapy.

Ibritumomab tiuxetan is a type of protein (monoclonal antibody plus a chelator) used, along with another monoclonal antibody (rituximab) and two radioactive pharmaceuticals (In-111 and Y-90); to treat a certain form of cancer (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma).

This medication is a certain type of interferon used to reduce the frequency and severity of serious infections due to a genetic disorder called Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD). It is often used along with antibiotics to help prevent these serious infections. This medication is also used to slow down the progress of another genetic bone disease (malignant osteopetrosis).

Ephedrine injection is a central nervous system stimulant used to treat low blood pressure (hypotension) during certain surgical procedures, severe allergic-type reactions (e.g., bronchospasm or bronchial asthma), certain heart rhythm problems (e.g., Stokes-Adams syndrome), narcolepsy, and myasthenia gravis.

This solution is added to other IV solutions as a sodium chloride supplement for people with very low sodium and/or chloride levels in their blood. This product is a concentrated form of sodium chloride and must not be given by direct IV injection.

Denileukin diftitox is used to treat a certain type of cancer (recurrent or persistent cutaneous T-cell lymphoma/CTCL).

This solution is added to other IV solutions as a sodium chloride supplement for people with very low sodium and/or chloride levels in their blood. This product is a concentrated form of sodium chloride and must not be given by direct IV injection.

Alemtuzumab is a protein (monoclonal antibody) used to treat a certain form of leukemia (B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia also known as B-CLL) in patients who have already received and/or have not responded to other cancer chemotherapy drugs (e.g., alkylating agents, fludarabine).