Patent medicine name
Alkeran 2mg 25 Tablet
Manufacturer
Glaxo SmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Specification
Physical Form: Tablet, Quantity: 25/bottle, Storage: Room Temperature(10-30°C)
Price
$30-35
Generic medicine name & Manufacturer
Alphalan 2 Mg 25s,Natco
Specification
Physical Form: Tablet, Quantity: 25/bottle, Storage: Room Temperature(10-30°C)
Price
$50-60
Composition
Melphalan (2mg)
Use
Melphalan is used for:
Multiple myeloma – a type of cancer that develops from cells in the bone marrow called plasma cells. Plasma cells help to fight infection and disease by producing antibodies
Advanced cancer of the ovaries
Advanced breast cancer
Polycythaemia vera – a disease which increases the number of red cells in your blood. This makes the blood thicken and causes blood clots. This leads to headaches, dizziness and shortness of breath
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Indication
Alphalan (Melphalan) is used to treat multiple myeloma (a type of cancer of the bone marrow). It is also indicated to treat a certain type of ovarian cancer (cancer that begins in the female reproductive organs where eggs are formed).
Side Effects
Stomatitis (Inflammation of the mouth)
Anemia
Hair loss
Mechanism Of Action
Melphalan belongs to the class of drugs called alkylating agents. This drug acts by inhibiting the synthesis of genetic material of a tumour cell. It also possesses cytotoxic action against both dividing and non-dividing tumour cells.
It sticks to one of the cancer cell’s DNA strands. DNA is the genetic code that is in the nucleus of all animal and plant cells. It controls everything the cell does. The cell cannot then grow and divide into 2 new cells
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