It is for the human
drug vinblastine, which is now being tested for its effectiveness in lymphoma.
When it is experimentally prevented (either by severing the projecting axons, by treating them with
the drug vinblastine, which blocks axonal transport, or by administering 6 - hydroxydopamine, which destroys the nerve endings), the innervating sympathetic neurons in the ganglion die off.
Not exact matches
The U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) approves
vinblastine for the treatment of cancer.
Purpose of Study: Although
vinblastine is commonly used in veterinary cancer therapy, most commonly for treating feline lymphoma, there is currently no information on how the
drug is distributed and eliminated in these cats.
Vinblastine is a chemotherapy
drug that is given intravenously at 2 week intervals in dogs with TCC.
Another treatment option is to combine piroxicam (or a piroxicam - like
drug) with an intravenous medicine called
vinblastine.
At Purdue, mitoxantrone is one of the
drugs given as «second line» treatment if
vinblastine does not work, or stops working over time.
Both
vinblastine and / or carboplatin are generally used as the chemotherapy
drug.