Hydroxycarbamide-containing product
RxNorm 5552
Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping
RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 5552 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: Hydroxycarbamide-containing product.
The following semantic concepts and normalized strings are associated with this clinical entity:
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Synonym (SY):
Hydroxycarbamide
(Atom ID: 10804721)
Full form of descriptor (FN):
Hydroxycarbamide (substance)
(Atom ID: 9251087)
Synonym (SY):
Hydroxycarbamide-containing product
(Atom ID: 10804724)
Ingredient (IN):
Hydroxyurea
(Atom ID: 2180537)
Designated preferred name (PT):
Hydroxyurea
(Atom ID: 9251098)
Designated preferred name (PT):
Hydroxyurea-containing product
(Atom ID: 10804751)
Full form of descriptor (FN):
Product containing hydroxycarbamide (medicinal product)
(Atom ID: 9258239)
Patient Education
Hydroxyurea
Hydroxyurea (Hydrea) is used alone or with other medications or radiation therapy to treat a certain type of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML; a type of cancer of the white blood cells) and certain types of head and neck cancer (including cancer of the mouth, cheek, tongue, throat, tonsils, and sinuses). Hydroxyurea (Droxia, Siklos) is used to reduce the frequency of painful crises and reduce the need for blood transfusions in adults and children 2 years of age and older with sickle cell anemia (an inherited blood disorder in which the red blood cells are abnormally shaped [shaped like a sickle] and cannot bring enough oxygen to all parts of the body). Hydroxyurea is in a class of medications called antimetabolites. Hydroxyurea treats cancer by slowing or stopping the growth of cancer cells in your body. Hydroxyurea treats sickle cell anemia by helping to prevent formation of sickle-shaped red blood 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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