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idarubicin
(redirected from 4-demethoxydaunorubicin)

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idarubicin /ida·ru·bi·cin/ (i″dah-roo´bĭ-sin) an anthracycline antineoplastic used as the hydrochloride salt in the treatment of acute myelogenous leukemia.
idarubicin,
an antibiotic and antineoplastic.
indications This drug is used in combination with other antineoplastics for acute myelocytic leukemia in adults.
contraindications Pregnancy, hypersensitivity, lactation, and myelosuppression prohibit the use of this drug.
adverse effects Adverse effects of this drug include hypertension, extrasystoles, ventricular tachycardia, bundle branch block, atrioventricular block, palpitations, supraventricular extrasystoles, sycope, and nausea. Common side effects include headache, hypotension, and bradycardia. Life-threatening side effects include sinus arrest, congestive heart failure, and arrhythmias.

idarubicin [i″dah-roo´bĭ-sin]
an antitumor antibiotic of the anthracycline group, administered intravenously in the treatment of acute myelogenous leukemia.

idarubicin
an anthracycline antibiotic used as an antineoplastic agent; similar to doxorubicin.

idarubicin
4-demethoxydaunorubicin Oncology An antitumor antibiotic


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