VinBLAStine sulfate 1 mg/ML Injectable Solution
RxNorm 239178
Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping
RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 239178 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: vinBLAStine sulfate 1 mg/ML Injectable Solution.
The following semantic concepts and normalized strings are associated with this clinical entity:
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Semantic Clinical Drug (SCD):
Vinblastine sulfate 1 mg/ML Injectable Solution
(Atom ID: 12334292)
Full form of descriptor (FN):
Product containing precisely vinblastine sulfate 1 mg/1 mL conventional release solution for injection (clinical drug)
(Atom ID: 10819100)
Prescribable Name (PSN):
VinBLAStine sulfate 1 mg/ML Injectable Solution
(Atom ID: 8246188)
Tall Man Lettering Synonym (TMSY):
VinBLAStine sulfate 1 mg/ML Injectable Solution
(Atom ID: 12380234)
Designated preferred name (PT):
Vinblastine sulfate 1 mg/mL solution for injection
(Atom ID: 10822611)
Synonym (SY):
VLB Sulfate 1 mg/ML Injectable Solution
(Atom ID: 8246798)
Patient Education
Vinblastine
Vinblastine is used in combination with other chemotherapy drugs to treat Hodgkin's lymphoma (Hodgkin's disease) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (types of cancer that begin in a type of white blood cell that normally fights infection), and cancer of the testicles. It is also used to treat Langerhans cell histiocytosis (histiocytosis X; Letterer-Siwe disease; a condition in which too many of a certain type of white blood cell grows in parts of the body). It may also be used to treat breast cancer that has not improved after treatment with other medications and gestational trophoblastic tumors (a type of tumor that forms inside a woman's uterus while she is pregnant) that has not improved after surgery or treatment with other medications. Vinblastine is in a class of medications called vinca alkaloids. It works by slowing or stopping the growth of cancer cells in your body.
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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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