Melphalan 50 mg Injection
RxNorm 311487
Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping
RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 311487 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: melphalan 50 mg Injection.
The following semantic concepts and normalized strings are associated with this clinical entity:
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Semantic Clinical Drug (SCD):
Melphalan 50 mg Injection
(Atom ID: 12332921)
Synonym (SY):
Melphalan (as melphalan hydrochloride) 50 mg Injection
(Atom ID: 11449609)
Designated preferred name (PT):
Melphalan (as melphalan hydrochloride) 50 mg powder for solution for infusion and/or injection vial
(Atom ID: 12791414)
Designated preferred name (PT):
Melphalan (as melphalan hydrochloride) 50 mg powder for solution for infusion vial
(Atom ID: 12791415)
Designated preferred name (PT):
Melphalan (as melphalan hydrochloride) 50 mg powder for solution for injection vial
(Atom ID: 10301362)
Prescribable Name (PSN):
Melphalan 50 mg Injection
(Atom ID: 7741824)
Full form of descriptor (FN):
Product containing precisely melphalan (as melphalan hydrochloride) 50 mg/1 vial powder for conventional release solution for infusion (clinical drug)
(Atom ID: 12791577)
Full form of descriptor (FN):
Product containing precisely melphalan (as melphalan hydrochloride) 50 mg/1 vial powder for conventional release solution for infusion and/or injection (clinical drug)
(Atom ID: 12791578)
Full form of descriptor (FN):
Product containing precisely melphalan (as melphalan hydrochloride) 50 mg/1 vial powder for conventional release solution for injection (clinical drug)
(Atom ID: 10314561)
Patient Education
Melphalan Injection
Melphalan injection is used to treat multiple myeloma (a type of cancer of the bone marrow) in people who are unable to take melphalan by mouth. Melphalan injection is also used to destroy bone marrow and cancer cells in preparation for a bone marrow transplant in people with multiple myeloma. Melphalan is in a class of medications called alkylating agents. It works by stopping or slowing 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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