NDC 50383-859 Megestrol Acetate
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LIME (C73398 - NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL)
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What is NDC 50383-859?
What are the uses for Megestrol Acetate?
Which are Megestrol Acetate UNII Codes?
The UNII codes for the active ingredients in this product are:
- MEGESTROL ACETATE (UNII: TJ2M0FR8ES)
- MEGESTROL (UNII: EA6LD1M70M) (Active Moiety)
Which are Megestrol Acetate Inactive Ingredients UNII Codes?
The inactive ingredients are all the component of a medicinal product OTHER than the active ingredient(s). The acronym "UNII" stands for “Unique Ingredient Identifier” and is used to identify each inactive ingredient present in a product. The UNII codes for the inactive ingredients in this product are:
- ANHYDROUS CITRIC ACID (UNII: XF417D3PSL)
- POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 1450 (UNII: OJ4Z5Z32L4)
- POLYSORBATE 80 (UNII: 6OZP39ZG8H)
- WATER (UNII: 059QF0KO0R)
- SODIUM BENZOATE (UNII: OJ245FE5EU)
- TRISODIUM CITRATE DIHYDRATE (UNII: B22547B95K)
- SUCROSE (UNII: C151H8M554)
- XANTHAN GUM (UNII: TTV12P4NEE)
- LEMON (UNII: 24RS0A988O)
- LIME (CITRUS) (UNII: 8CZS546954)
What is the NDC to RxNorm Crosswalk for Megestrol Acetate?
- RxCUI: 860225 - megestrol acetate 40 MG in 1 mL Oral Suspension
- RxCUI: 860225 - megestrol acetate 40 MG/ML Oral Suspension
- RxCUI: 860225 - megestrol acetate 40 MG per 1 ML Oral Suspension
- RxCUI: 860225 - megestrol acetate 400 MG per 10 ML Oral Suspension
- RxCUI: 860225 - megestrol acetate 800 MG per 20 ML Oral Suspension
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Patient Education
Megestrol
Megestrol tablets are used to relieve the symptoms and reduce the suffering caused by advanced breast cancer and advanced endometrial cancer (cancer that begins in the lining of the uterus). Megestrol suspension is used to treat loss of appetite, malnutrition, and severe weight loss in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Megestrol should not be used to prevent loss of appetite and severe weight loss in patients who have not yet developed this condition. Megestrol is a man-made version of the human hormone progesterone. It treats breast cancer and endometrial cancer by affecting female hormones involved in cancer growth. It increases weight gain by increasing appetite.
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Cancer Chemotherapy
What is cancer chemotherapy?
Cancer chemotherapy is a type of cancer treatment. It uses medicines to destroy cancer cells.
Normally, the cells in your body grow and die in a controlled way. Cancer cells keep growing without control. Chemotherapy works by killing the cancer cells, stopping them from spreading, or slowing their growth.
Chemotherapy is used to:
- Treat cancer by curing the cancer, lessening the chance it will return, or stopping or slowing its growth.
- Ease cancer symptoms by shrinking tumors that are causing pain and other problems.
What are the side effects of chemotherapy?
Chemotherapy does not just destroy cancer cells. It can also harm some healthy cells, which causes side effects.
You may have a lot of side effects, some side effects, or none at all. It depends on the type and amount of chemotherapy you get and how your body reacts.
Some common side effects are:
- Mouth sores
- Fatigue
- Nausea and vomiting
- Pain
- Hair loss
There are ways to prevent or control some side effects. Talk with your health care provider about how to manage them. Healthy cells usually recover after chemotherapy is over, so most side effects gradually go away.
What can I expect when getting chemotherapy?
You may get chemotherapy in a hospital or at home, a doctor's office, or a medical clinic. You might be given the medicines by mouth, in a shot, as a cream, through a catheter, or intravenously (by IV).
Your treatment plan will depend on the type of cancer you have, which chemotherapy medicines are used, the treatment goals, and how your body responds to the medicines.
Chemotherapy may be given alone or with other treatments. You may get treatment every day, every week, or every month. You may have breaks between treatments so that your body has a chance to build new healthy cells.
NIH: National Cancer Institute
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