Afatinib 30 mg Oral Tablet
RxNorm 1430451
Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping
RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 1430451 represents a standardized clinical drug concept used for cross-system interoperability. This concept aggregates multiple Atom IDs (AUIs), which are specific naming variations and synonyms used across pharmaceutical databases to ensure accurate medication mapping for: afatinib 30 mg Oral Tablet.
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Semantic Clinical Drug (SCD):
Afatinib 30 mg Oral Tablet
(Atom ID: 12346554)
Designated preferred name (PT):
Afatinib (as afatinib dimaleate) 30 mg oral tablet
(Atom ID: 11435084)
Synonym (SY):
Afatinib 30 mg (as afatinib dimaleate 44.34 mg) Oral Tablet
(Atom ID: 5488570)
Prescribable Name (PSN):
Afatinib 30 mg Oral Tablet
(Atom ID: 6361833)
Full form of descriptor (FN):
Product containing precisely afatinib (as afatinib dimaleate) 30 mg/1 each conventional release oral tablet (clinical drug)
(Atom ID: 11439111)
Patient Education
Afatinib
Afatinib is used to treat certain types of non-small cell lung cancer that has spread to nearby tissues or to other parts of the body. Afatinib is in a class of medications called kinase inhibitors. It works by blocking the action of a certain naturally occurring substance that may be needed to help cancer cells multiply.
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Cancer Chemotherapy
Normally, your cells grow and die in a controlled way. Cancer cells keep growing without control. Chemotherapy is drug therapy for cancer. It works by killing the cancer cells, stopping them from spreading, or slowing their growth. However, it can also harm healthy cells, which causes side effects.
You may have a lot of side effects, some, 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 fatigue, nausea, vomiting, pain, and 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.
Your treatment plan will depend on the cancer type, the chemotherapy drugs used, the treatment goal, and how your body responds. 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. You might take the drugs by mouth, in a shot, as a cream, or intravenously (by IV).
NIH: National Cancer Institute
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