Arsenic trioxide 12 mg in 6 mL Injection
RxNorm 1992545
Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping
RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 1992545 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: arsenic trioxide 12 mg in 6 mL Injection.
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Semantic Clinical Drug (SCD):
6 mL arsenic trioxide 2 mg/ML Injection
(Atom ID: 9709026)
Prescribable Name (PSN):
Arsenic trioxide 12 mg in 6 mL Injection
(Atom ID: 9709055)
Synonym (SY):
Arsenic trioxide 12 mg per 6 mL Injection
(Atom ID: 9709054)
Synonym (SY):
Arsenic trioxide 2 mg/ML per 6 mL Injection
(Atom ID: 9709053)
Designated preferred name (PT):
Arsenic trioxide 2 mg/mL solution for infusion
(Atom ID: 12536469)
Full form of descriptor (FN):
Product containing precisely arsenic trioxide 2 mg/1 mL conventional release solution for infusion (clinical drug)
(Atom ID: 12537543)
Patient Education
Arsenic Trioxide Injection
Arsenic trioxide is used in combination with tretinoin to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL; a type of cancer in which there are too many immature blood cells in the blood and bone marrow) in certain people as a first treatment. It is also used to treat APL in certain people who have not been helped by other types of chemotherapy or whose condition has improved but then worsened following treatment with a retinoid and other types of chemotherapy treatment(s). Arsenic trioxide is in a class of medications called anti-neoplastics. It works by slowing or stopping the growth of cancer cells.
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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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