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Gemzar
Gemzar Drug Center
Pharmacy Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Gemzar (gemcitabine) is a chemotherapy drug used to treat certain types of malignant tumors, including some cases of ovarian cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, and breast cancer. It is administered in intravenous form. Side effects can include pale skin, easy bruising or bleeding, numbness or weakness, nausea, diarrhea, or headache. Other side effects may occur.
Gemzar can harm the fetus if taken by a pregnant woman. It is not known whether gemcitabine passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. Gemzar can lower the blood cell counts that help the body fight infection, making you more susceptible to infections. Regular blood tests are needed while taking this medication.
Our Gemzar Drug Center provides a comprehensive view of available drug information as well as related drugs, user reviews, supplements, and diseases, and condition.
What is Prescribing information?
The FDA package insert formatted in easy-to-find categories for health professionals and clinicians.
Gemzar Prescribing Information: Indications & Dosage
Ovarian Cancer
Gemzar (gemcitabine hcl) in combination with carboplatin is indicated for the treatment of patients with advanced ovarian cancer that has relapsed at least 6 months after completion of platinum-based therapy.
Breast Cancer
Gemzar (gemcitabine hcl) in combination with paclitaxel is indicated for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer after failure of prior anthracycline-containing adjuvant chemotherapy, unless anthracyclines were clinically contraindicated.
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
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What is Gemzar Prescribing Information?
Drug Description - Indications & Dosage - Side Effects & Drug Interactions - Warnings & Precautions - Contraindications - Medication Guide and More
What is Patient information?
Easy-to-read and understand detailed drug information and pill images for the patient or caregiver from Cerner Multum.
Gemzar Patient Information: Side Effects
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:
- pale skin, easy bruising or bleeding, unusual weakness;
- urinating less than usual or not at all;
- nausea, stomach pain, low fever, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes);
- chest pain or heavy feeling, pain spreading to the arm or shoulder, nausea, sweat...
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What is Gemzar Patient Information?
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What is Consumer information?
A concise overview of the drug for the patient or caregiver from First DataBank.
Gemzar Consumer Information: Uses
Gemcitabine is used alone or with other treatments/medications to treat certain types of cancer (including breast, lung, ovarian, pancreatic). It is a chemotherapy drug that works by slowing or stopping the growth of cancer cells.
OTHER USES: This section contains uses of this drug that are not listed in the approved professional labeling for the drug but that may be prescribed by your health care professional. Use this drug for a condition that is listed in this section only if it has been so prescribed by your health care professional.
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