Mitoxantrone Injection, Solution, Concentrate
NDC 61703-343
Product Information
Mitoxantrone is a ANDA-approved product labeled by Hospira, Inc.. This medication is typically used as a topoisomerase inhibitor [epc]. It is supplied as a injection, solution, concentrate for intravenous administration. This product entry covers the primary NDC 61703-343 and 3 associated package configurations. This profile includes active and inactive ingredient UNII references and FDA labeling data.
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Product Details
What is NDC 61703-343?
What are the uses of this product?
What are Active Ingredients of this product?
- MITOXANTRONE HYDROCHLORIDE 2 mg/mL - An anthracenedione-derived antineoplastic agent.
Which are the associated UNII Codes?
The UNII codes for the active ingredients in this product are:
- MITOXANTRONE HYDROCHLORIDE (UNII: U6USW86RD0)
- MITOXANTRONE (UNII: BZ114NVM5P) (Active Moiety)
Which are the Inactive Ingredients associated 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:
- SODIUM CHLORIDE (UNII: 451W47IQ8X)
- SODIUM ACETATE (UNII: 4550K0SC9B)
- ACETIC ACID (UNII: Q40Q9N063P)
- WATER (UNII: 059QF0KO0R)
- SODIUM METABISULFITE (UNII: 4VON5FNS3C)
Which are the Pharmacologic Classes of this product?
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Patient Education
Mitoxantrone Injection
Mitoxantrone injection is used to adults with various forms of multiple sclerosis (MS; a disease in which the nerves do not function properly and people may experience weakness, numbness, loss of muscle coordination, and problems with vision, speech, and bladder control) including the following: relapsing-remitting forms (course of disease where symptoms flare up from time to time), or progressive relapsing (course of disease with occasional relapses), or secondary progressive forms (course of disease where relapses occur more often). Mitoxantrone injection is also used together with steroid medications to relieve pain in people with advanced prostate cancer who did not respond to other medications. Mitoxantrone injection is also used with other medications to treat certain types of leukemia. Mitoxantrone injection is in a class of medications called anthracenediones. Mitoxantrone treats MS by stopping certain cells of the immune system from reaching the brain and spinal cord and causing damage. Mitoxantrone treats cancer by stopping the growth and spread of cancer cells.
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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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