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Category of Drug  Thalidomide is Immunosuppressives Drug Mechanism of Action   Indications  Thalidomide is used for1. Multiple myeloma2. Erythema nodosum leprosum Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage forms  CAPSULES Dose   Contraindications  1. Hypersensitivity2. Pregnancy3. lactation4. Interactions Precautions  1. During the period of treatment, both males and females should take adequate means of contraception before, during […]

Category of Drug Ofloxacin is an Anti-Infective drug Mechanism of Action   Indications  Ofloxacin is used for 1. Acute uncomplicated cystitis2. Community-acquired pneumonia3. Acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis. Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage forms  1. TABLETS2. SYRUP3. INJECTION4. EYE DROPS Dose   Contraindications  Hypersensitivity Precautions  1. Patients with epilepsy2. kidney disease3. tendon problem4. nervous system

Category of Drug Imipenem + Cilastatin  is an Anti-Infective drug Mechanism of Action   Indications  Imipenem + Cilastatin is used forSevere aerobic and anaerobic Gram-positive and Gram-negative infections in hospital-acquired infections Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage forms  INJECTION Dose   Contraindications  1. Hypersensitivity to beta-lactam antibiotics2. Local anaesthetics of the amide-type and inpatients with severe

Category of Drug  Procarbazine is Immunosuppressives Drug Mechanism of Action   Indications  Procarbazine is used for1. Part of MOPP regimen in Hodgkin’s and Non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas. Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage forms  TABLETS Dose   Contraindications  1. Hypersensitivity2. Pregnancy 3. Lactation Precautions  1. Ulceration2. Haemorrhage3. Leucopenia4. Renal Impairment5. Hepatic Impairment Adverse Effects 1. leucopenia2. Anaemia3. Thrombocytopenia4. Hypotension5.

Category of Drug  Cloxacillin is an Anti-Infective drug Mechanism of Action   Indications Cloxacillin is used for 1. Mulbacillary (MB) leprosy2. Type 2 lepra reactions3. Gram-positive infection includingresistant staphylococci. Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage forms  1. CAPSULES2. INJECTION3. DRY SYRUP Dose   Contraindications  Hypersensitivity to penicillins Precautions  1. History of allergy2. Renal and hepatic impairment3.

Category of Drug  Paclitaxel is Immunosuppressives Drug Mechanism of Action   Indications  Paclitaxel is used forMetastatic ovarian and breast cancer Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage forms  INJECTION Dose   Contraindications  1. Hypersensivity2. Severe hepatic impairment3. lactation4. Pregnancy Precautions   Adverse Effects  1. Myelosuppression2. Peripheral neuropathy3. Alopecia4. Muscle pain5. Nausea6. Vomiting7. Hypersensitivity reactions8. Myalgia9. Arthralgia Pregnancy

Category of Drug  Mitomycin is Immunosuppressives Drug Mechanism of Action   Indications  Mitomycin is used for1. Adenocarcinoma2. Lymphosarcoma andseminoma3. Superficial bladder cancer Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage forms  INJECTIONS Dose   Contraindications  1. Pregnancy2. Bone marrow depression3. Severe anaemia4. Thrombocytopenia5. lactation Precautions  It causes delayed bone-marrow toxicity and therefore it is usually administered at 6-weeklyintervals

Category of Drug  Methotrexate is Immunosuppressives Drug Mechanism of Action   Indications  Methotrexate is used for1. Carcinoma of the breast2. Head and neck and lung3. Trophoblastic tumours4. Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia5. Meningeal leukaemia6. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas7. Advanced cases of mycosis fungoides8. Non-metastatic osteosarcoma9. Severe rheumatoid arthritis Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage forms  1. TABLETS2. INJECTION3. VIALS4. GEL

Category of Drug  6-Mercaptopurine is Immunosuppressives Drug Mechanism of Action   Indications  6-Mercaptopurine is used for1. Acute leukaemias2. Chronic granulocytic leukaemia3. Choriocarcinoma Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage forms  1. INJECTION 2. TABLET Dose   Contraindications  1. Hypersensitivity2. Pregnancy3. Lactation Precautions  1. Monitor blood count2. Uric acid levels3. Renal impairment 4. Hepatic impairment5. Interactions Adverse Effects

Category of Drug  Melphalan is Immunosuppressives Drug Mechanism of Action   Indications  Melphalan is used 1. Breast carcinoma2. Multiple myeloma3. Advanced ovarian carcinoma4. Malignant melanoma 5. Polycythaemia vera. Well KnownPharmaceutical Brands   Available dosage forms  1. TABLETS 2. INJECTION Dose   Contraindications  1. Pregnancy2. Hypersensitivity3. Myelosuppression4. lactation Precautions  1. Hepatic impairment 2. Renal impairment 3. Interactions