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Drug Information By Generic Name

The following list of drugs is arranged alphabetically by generic name with brand names in parentheses. Click on the generic name to view additional information about the drug.

A Acetaminophen (Tylenol®, Paracetamol® ) Alemtuzumab (Campath®) Alpha-interferon (Intron®, Roferon®-A) Anastrozole (Arimidex®) Aprepitant (Emend®) Arabinosylcytosine (Cytosar-U®, ara-C) Arsenic trioxide (Trisenox®) Asparaginase (Elspar®) Aspirin (Excedrin®, Bayer®)	B Bendamustine (Treanda®) Bevacizumab (Avastin®) Bexarotene (Targretin®) Bicalutamide (Casodex®) Bleomycin (Blenoxane®) Bortezomib (VELCADE® ) Busulfan (Myleran®)	C Capecitabine (Xeloda®) Carboplatin (Paraplatin®) Carmustine (BiCNU®) Celecoxib (Celebrex®) Cetuximab (Erbitux®) Chlorambucil (Leukeran®) Cisplatin (Platinol®) Codeine (none) Cyclophosphamide (Neosar®, Cytoxan®IV, Procytox®)	D Dacarbazine (DTIC-Dome®) Dalteparin (Fragmin®) Darbepoetin Alfa (Aranesp®) Dasatinib (Sprycel®) Daunorubicin (Cerubidine®) Decitabine (Dacogen®) Denileukin diftitox (ONTAK®) Dexrazoxane Hydrochloride (Totect®) Diphenoxylate and Atropine (Lomotil®, Lonox®) Docetaxel (Taxotere®) Dolasetron (Anzemet®) Doxorubicin (Adriamycin®, Rubex®, Doxil®)
E Epirubicin (Ellence®) Epoetin Alfa (Procrit®, Epogen®) Eribulin (HALAVEN®) Erlotinib (Tarceva®) Etoposide (Etopophos®, Vepesid®, VP-16®) Exemestane (Aromasin®)	F Fentanil, Fentanyl (DURAGESIC®, Actiq®) Filgrastim (Neupogen®) Fludarabine (Fludara®) Fluorouracil (5-fluorouracil or 5-FU) (Carac® cream, Efudex®, Fluoroplex®, Adrucil®) Flutamide (Eulexin®) Fulvestrant (Faslodex®)	G Gefitinib (Iressa®) Gemcitabine (Gemzar®) Gemtuzumab (Mylotarg®) Granisetron (Kytril®)	H Hydrocodone (Lortab®, Maxidone®, Norco®, Vicodin®, Vicoprofen®, Zydone®) Hydromorphone, Idromorfone (Dilaudid®) Hydroxyurea (Hydrea®)
I Ibritumomab (Zevalin®) Ibuprofen (Advil®, Motrin®) Idarubicin (Idamycin PFS®) Ifosfamide (Ifex®) Imatinib Mesylate (Gleevec®) Imiquimod (Aldara®) Interleukin-2 (IL-2) (Proleukin®) Irinotecan (Camptosar®) Ixabepilone (Ixempra®)	L Lapatinib (Tykerb®) Lenalidomide (Revlimid®) Letrozole (Fermara®) Lomustine (CeeNU®) Loperamide (Imodium®)	M Mechlorethamine (Mustargen®, Chlormethine, Nitrogen mustard, Embichin®) Megestrol (Megace®) Melphalan (Alkeran®, L-Phenylalanine mustard, L-Sarcolysin) Meperidine (Demerol®) Mercaptopurine (6-mercaptopurine or 6-MP) (Purinethol®, Puri-Nethol®) Methadone (Diskets®, Dolophine®, Methadose®) Methotrexate (Trexall® ) Mitomycin C (Mutamycin®) Mitoxantrone (Novantrone®) Morphine (MS Contin® )	N Nilotinib (Tasigna®) Nilutamide (Nilandron®, Anandron®)
O Ondansetron (Zofran®) Oxaliplatin (Eloxatin®) Oxycodone (OxyContin® )	P Paclitaxel (Taxol®, Abraxane®, Onxol®) Palonosetron (Aloxi® ) Pamidronate (Aredia®) Panitumumab (Vectibix®) Pemetrexed (Alimta®)	R Raloxifene (EVISTA® ) Rituximab (Rituxan®, Mabthera®)	S Sorafenib (Nexavar®) Streptozocin (Zanosar®) Sunitinib (Sutent®)
T Tamoxifen (Nolvadex®) Temozolomide (Temodar®) Temsirolimus (Toricel®) Thalidomide (THALOMID®) Topotecan (Hycamtin® ) Toremifene (Fareston®) Tositumomab (Bexxar®) Trastuzumab (Herceptin®)	V Vemurafenib (ZELBORAF®) Vinblastine (Velban®, Velsar®) Vincristine (Oncovin®, Vincasar PFS®, Vincrex®) Vindesine (Eldisine®, Fildesin®) Vinorelbine (Navelbine®) Vorinostat (Zolinza®)	W Warfarin (Coumadin®, Jantoven®, Marfarin®)	Z Zoledronic Acid (Zometa®)