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This is a list of chemotherapeutic agents, also known as cytotoxic agents or cytostatic drugs, that are known to be of use in chemotherapy for cancer.This list is organized by type of agent, although the subsections are not necessarily definitive and are subject to revision.
surfactant used as a detergent and emulsifier propane: propane CH 3 CH 2 CH 3: propellant (pressurized dispenser) paraben: preservative peg-20: a variety of Polyethylene glycol: often used as an ointment base polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) [7] (C 5 O 2 H 8) n: palmitic acid: CH 3 (CH 2) 14 COOH paraffinum liquidum: petrolatum: C 15 H 15 N ...
Germolene is the brand name used on a range of antiseptic products produced by the Bayer company, [1] who purchased the brand from SmithKline Beecham (later GlaxoSmithKline) in 1999. It is manufactured for Bayer UK by the Devon -based Wrafton Laboratories [ 2 ] division of US over-the counter and supermarket own-label preparation producer Perrigo .
Fluorouracil has been given systemically for anal, breast, colorectal, oesophageal, stomach, pancreatic and skin cancers (especially head and neck cancers). [12] It has also been given topically (on the skin) for actinic keratoses, skin cancers and Bowen's disease [12] (a type of cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma), and as eye drops for treatment of ocular surface squamous neoplasia. [13]
Natural skin care uses topical creams and lotions made of ingredients available in nature. [1] Much of the recent literature reviews plant-derived ingredients, which may include herbs, roots, flowers and essential oils, [2] [3] [4] but natural substances in skin care products include animal-derived products such as beeswax, and minerals.
RUB A535 (also known as Antiphlogistine) is a rubefacient introduced in 1919 and manufactured by Church & Dwight in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [1]A 1914 advertisement. While little known outside of Canada, it is used there for the treatment of tough muscle pain, arthritic pains, rheumatic pains, bursitis, lumbago, etc. [2] [3] Church and Dwight say on their website that nearly all the research ...
Two Indian chemical companies have been indicted for allegedly importing ingredients for the highly addictive opioid fentanyl into the United States and Mexico, the U.S. Department of Justice said ...
Mederma is a topical product used to improve scar appearance. It is a gel based on an onion extract. Mederma is product of HRA Pharma, a division of Perrigo. A Mederma marketing claim is that the product can can make scars "softer, smoother, and less noticeable". [1]