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Doxorubicin Hydrochloride [specialist Drug]

2 brand names

Indications

  • Acute leukaemias, Hodgkin's lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Solid tumours [including breast cancer], Soft-tissue sarcoma
  • Bladder cancer
  • AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma, Ovarian cancer, Multiple myeloma, Breast cancer

Safety Information

Side Effects

hydrochloride [Specialist drug] Common or very common Alopecia; anaemia; anxiety; appetite decreased; arrhythmias; arthralgia; asthenia; bone marrow depression; breast pain; cachexia; cardiovascular d...

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Brand Names

Adriamycin(IN, PK, SA, AE, EG, ZA, NG)Caelyx(IN, SA, AE, ZA)
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Source: MedNext Audited Proprietary Dataset

Last reviewed: 2026

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