Vincristine (Oncovin)
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General information
Class/mechanism: Vinca alkaloid, inhibits microtubule formation in the mitotic spindle, causing cell cycle arrest in metaphase.[1][2]
Route: IV
Extravasation: vesicant
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Patient drug information
- Vincristine (Oncovin) patient drug information (Chemocare)[3]
- Vincristine (Oncovin) patient drug information (UpToDate)[4]
Diseases for which it is used
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia
- Aggressive Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Bone cancer
- Central nervous system (CNS) cancer
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and Small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL)
- Follicular lymphoma
- HIV-associated lymphoma
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Hodgkin lymphoma, nodular lymphocyte-predominant
- Mantle cell lymphoma
- Multiple myeloma
- Neuroendocrine tumors
- Penile cancer
- Sarcoma
- Small cell lung cancer
- Thymoma
- Transplant conditioning regimens
Also known as
Precise Name: vinCRIStine Sulfate (RXCUI 11203)
Synonyms | |||||||
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Alcrist | Biocrist | Biocrystin | Cellcristin | Citomid | Citomid RU | Crivosin | Cytomid |
Farmistin CS | Fauldvincri | Krebin | Kyocristine | Nevexitin | Oncocristin AQ | Oncovin ELI Lilly | Oncovin INJ.LSG. |
Oncovin Yamakawa | Onkocristin | P&U Vincristine | Pericristine | Pharmacristine | Tecnocris | Trav Vincristine | Vero Vincristin |
Vincasar | Vincasar PFS | Vinces | Vincosid | Vincran | Vincrex | Vincrifil | Vincrin |
Vincrisin | Vincrisol | Vincristin | Vincristina | Vincristina Faulding | Vincristina Filaxis | Vincristina Martian | Vincristin Biosyn |
Vincristin CS | Vincristine | Vincristine Abic | Vincristine Comp | Vincristine DBL | Vincristine Lederle | Vincristine Mayne | Vincristine Mayne Pharma ( BEN ) |
Vincristine Pharmachemie | Vincristinesulfaat | Vincristine Sulfate | Vincristine Sulfate Synthelabo | Vincristine Sulp | Vincristine Sulphate | Vincristine Teva | Vincristinsulfat |
Vincristin Sulfate | Vincristinum | Vincrisul | Vinracin | Vinracine | Vinstin | Vintec |
References
Categories:
- Drug index
- Chemotherapy
- Microtubule inhibitors
- Vinca alkaloids
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia medications
- Aggressive Non-Hodgkin lymphoma medications
- Bone cancer medications
- Central nervous system (CNS) cancer medications
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and Small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) medications
- Follicular lymphoma medications
- HIV-associated lymphoma medications
- Hodgkin lymphoma medications
- Hodgkin lymphoma, nodular lymphocyte-predominant medications
- Mantle cell lymphoma medications
- Multiple myeloma medications
- Neuroendocrine tumor medications
- Penile cancer medications
- Sarcoma medications
- Small cell lung cancer medications
- T-cell lymphoma medications
- Thymoma medications
- Transplant medications