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Vitamin Supplements | Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer FDA Approved Drugs

Posted on July 9, 2018
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Vitamin SupplementsThis page offers you an assortment of all the lung cancer drugs which are approved by Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This compilation is helpful in determining the common drug combinations that are used in the treatment of lung cancer. Mostly, the individual drugs in the combinations are FDA approved and the combinations themselves may not be approved. The treatment options are mainly based on the stage of cancer and the overall health of the patient. Doctors use various lung cancer drug combinations as a part of the treatment.

Though we have tried to include most of the FDA approved drugs for lung cancer but there may be some other drugs as well which are not listed here.

DRUGS APPROVED FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER

  • Abitrexate (Methotrexate);
  • Abraxane (Paclitaxel Albumin-stabilized Nanoparticle Formulation);
  • Afatinib Dimaleate;
  • Afinitor (Everolimus);
  • Alecensa (Alectinib);
  • Alectinib;
  • Alimta (Pemetrexed Disodium);
  • Atezolizumab;
  • Avastin (Bevacizumab);
  • Bevacizumab;
  • Carboplatin;
  • Ceritinib;
  • Crizotinib;
  • Cyramza (Ramucirumab);
  • Docetaxel;
  • Erlotinib Hydrochloride;
  • Everolimus;
  • Folex (Methotrexate);
  • Folex PFS (Methotrexate);
  • Gefitinib;
  • Gilotrif (Afatinib Dimaleate);
  • Gemcitabine Hydrochloride;
  • Gemzar (Gemcitabine Hydrochloride);
  • Iressa (Gefitinib);
  • Keytruda (Pembrolizumab);
  • Mechlorethamine Hydrochloride;
  • Methotrexate;
  • Methotrexate LPF (Methotrexate);
  • Mexate (Methotrexate);
  • Mexate-AQ (Methotrexate);
  • Mustargen (Mechlorethamine Hydrochloride);
  • Navelbine (Vinorelbine Tartrate);
  • Necitumumab;
  • Nivolumab;
  • Opdivo (Nivolumab);
  • Osimertinib;
  • Paclitaxel;
  • Paclitaxel Albumin-stabilized Nanoparticle Formulation;
  • Paraplat (Carboplatin);
  • Paraplatin (Carboplatin);
  • Pembrolizumab;
  • Pemetrexed Disodium;
  • Portrazza (Necitumumab);
  • Ramucirumab;
  • Tagrisso (Osimertinib);
  • Tarceva (Erlotinib Hydrochloride);
  • Taxol (Paclitaxel);
  • Taxotere (Docetaxel);
  • Tecentriq (Atezolizumab);
  • Vinorelbine Tartrate;
  • Xalkori (Crizotinib);
  • Zykadia (Ceritinib);

DRUG COMBINATIONS USED TO TREAT NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER:

  • Carboplatin-Taxol;
  • Gemcitabine-Cisplatin;

DRUGS APPROVED FOR SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER:

  • Abitrexate (Methotrexate);
  • Afinitor (Everolimus);
  • Doxorubicin Hydrochloride;
  • Etopophos (Etoposide Phosphate)
  • Etoposide;
  • Etoposide Phosphate;
  • Everolimus;
  • Folex (Methotrexate);
  • Folex PFS (Methotrexate);
  • Hycamtin (Topotecan Hydrochloride);
  • Mechlorethamine Hydrochloride;
  • Methotrexate;
  • Methotrexate LPF (Methotrexate);
  • Mexate (Methotrexate);
  • Mexate-AQ (Methotrexate);
  • Mustargen (Mechlorethamine Hydrochloride);
  • Topotecan Hydrochloride;

We keep on updating the list as and when new drug gets its approved from FDA.

The information shared in this blog is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice. If you face any lung cancer related symptom, contact your doctor immediately.

Source: www.lung.net

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