Dactinomycin WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Dactinomycin
Dactinomycin (also known as actinomycin) is an older chemotherapy drug which is used to treat gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, Wilms' tumor, and rhabdomyosarcoma.1 It comes as a yellow fluid that is administered via intravenous injection.2 Side effects inlcude nausea and vomiting, hair loss, and a lowered resistance to infection.2
Fast Facts:
- Can cause liver damage and infertility.3
- Used off-label to treat conditions such as Kaposi's sarcoma and osteosarcoma.4
- Sold as actinomycin, dactinomycin and Cosmegan Lyovac.5
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Latest Headlines on Dactinomycin
What is Dactinomycin?
- Wikipedia: Actinomycin
- Cancer Research UK: Dactinomycin (Actinomycin D): What Dactinomycin Is
- Micromedex (via Mayo Clinic): Dactinomycin (Intravenous Route): Description
What are the Uses for Dactinomycin?
- American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) (via MedlinePlus): Dactinomycin: About Your Treatment | Other Uses for This Medicine
- First DataBank (via MedicineNet): Dactinomycin - Injection: Uses
- A.D.A.M. (via University of Maryland Medical Center): Dactinomycin: Uses
What are the Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for Dactinomycin?
- ASHP (via MedlinePlus): Dactinomycin: Side Effects | Precautions
- First DataBank (via MedicineNet): Dactinomycin - Injection: Side Effects | Drug Interactions | Precautions
- Micromedex (via Mayo Clinic): Dactinomycin (Intravenous Route): Side Effects | Precautions
What are the Alternatives to Dactinomycin?
- OrganizedWisdom: Bleomycin
- OrganizedWisdom: Hydroxyurea
- Wikipedia: Pilcamycin
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Dactinomycin
- HealthBoards: Partial Molar
- We Love Taylor!: Update from Kristin: June 26th, 2008
- Google Groups: Actinomycin D, Unusual Reaction or Overdose??
Clinical Trials for Dactinomycin
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Dactinomycin Clinical Trials
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Dactinomycin
- Google Scholar: Dactinomycin Article Listing
- JAMA: Archive of Dactinomycin Articles
- PubMed Central: List of Dactinomycin Articles
Research Notes References
- ↑ Wikipedia: Actinomycin
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cancerbackup: Dactinomycin (Cosmegen Lyovac)
- ↑ Cancer Research UK: Dactinomycin (Actinomycin D)
- ↑ Micromedex (via Mayo Clinic): Dactinomycin (Intravenous Route): Description
- ↑ NetDoctorUK: Cosmegan Lyovac
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- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Dacinomycin, Datinomycin, Dactinomyacin, Dactinomycin Uses, Dactinomycin Side Effects, Dactinomycin Warnings, Actinomycin
- Last update: Aug. 7, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
