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pfizer australia pty ltd - cytarabine, quantity: 2 g - injection, solution - excipient ingredients: sodium hydroxide; water for injections; hydrochloric acid - primarily for induction and maintenance of remission in acute myelocytic leukaemia of both adults and children. it has also been found to be useful in the treatment of other leukaemias such as acute lymphocytic leukaemia, chronic myelocytic leukaemia (blastphase) and erythroleukaemia. may be used alone or in combination with other antineoplastic agents, the best results often being obtained with combination therapy. children with non-hodgkin's lymphoma have benefited from a combination drug program (lsa 2l2) that includes cytarabine. indications as at 24 october 2001: cytarabine is indicated primarily for: induction and maintenance of remission in acute myelocytic leukaemia of both adults and children. it has also been found to be useful in the treatment of other leukaemias such as acute lymphocytic leukaemia, chronic myelocytic leukaemia (blast phase). cytarabine may be used alone or in combination with other antineoplastic agents, the best results are often obtained with combined therapy. children with non-hodgkin's lymphoma have benefited from a combination drug program (lsa212) that includes cytarabine. remissions induced by cytarabine not followed by maintenance treatment have been brief. maintenance therapy has extended these and provided useful and comfortable remissions with relatively little toxicity. cytarabine has been used intrathecally in meningeal leukaemia. focal leukaemic involvement of the central nervous system may not respond to intrathecal cytarabine and may better be treated with radiotherapy.

Austrálie - angličtina - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

pfizer australia pty ltd - vincristine sulfate, quantity: 1 mg/ml - injection, solution - excipient ingredients: mannitol; water for injections; sodium hydroxide; sulfuric acid - vincristine is used primarily in the treatment of acute leukaemia, usually as a component of various chemotherapeutic regimens. it has also been used as part of combination therapy in the treatment of hodgkin's disease, non-hodgkin's malignant lymphomas, rhabdomyosarcoma, neuroblastoma, wilm's tumour, osteogenic sarcoma, mycosis fungoides, ewing's sarcoma, carcinoma of the uterine cervix, breast cancer, malignant melanoma, oat-cell carcinoma of the lung and gynaecological tumours of childhood. vincristine may be useful in patients with true idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura resistant to the usual treatment, but not recommended as primary treatment for this disorder

Austrálie - angličtina - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

pfizer australia pty ltd - carboplatin, quantity: 10 mg/ml - injection, solution - excipient ingredients: water for injections - for the treatment of advanced ovarian carcinoma of epithelial origin.

Austrálie - angličtina - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

besins healthcare australia pty ltd - estradiol hemihydrate, quantity: 0.06 % w/w (equivalent: estradiol, qty 0.06 % w/w) - gel - excipient ingredients: carbomer 980; trolamine; ethanol; purified water - - hormone replacement therapy (hrt) for estrogen deficiency symptoms in postmenopausal women.,- prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at high risk of future fractures who are intolerant of, or contraindicated for, other medicinal products approved for the prevention of osteoporosis. (see also section 4.4 special warnings and precautions for use),the experience treating women older than 65 years is limited. the lowest effective dose should be used for the shortest duration (see sections 4.2 dose and method of administration and 4.4 special warnings and precautions for use).

Austrálie - angličtina - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

pfizer australia pty ltd - dantrolene sodium hemiheptahydrate, quantity: 20 mg - injection, powder for - excipient ingredients: sodium hydroxide; mannitol - dantrium for injection is indicated, along with appropriate supportive measures, for the management of the fulminant hypermetabolism of skeletal muscle characteristic of malignant hyperthermia crisis. it should be administered by intravenous injection as soon as the malignant hyperthermia reaction is recognised (i.e. tachycardia, tachypnea, central venous desaturation, hypercarbia, metabolic acidosis, skeletal muscle rigidity, increased utilisation of anaesthesia circuit carbon dioxide absorber, cyanosis and mottling of the skin, and, in many cases, fever).

Austrálie - angličtina - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

catalent australia pty ltd - calcium carbonate, quantity: 1250 mg (equivalent: calcium, qty 500 mg) - capsule, soft - excipient ingredients: lecithin; hydrogenated vegetable oil; yellow beeswax; soya oil; gelatin; vanillin; titanium dioxide; methyl hydroxybenzoate; propyl hydroxybenzoate; glycerol; purified water - export

Austrálie - angličtina - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

glaxosmithkline australia pty ltd - salbutamol sulfate, quantity: 120.5 microgram/actuation (equivalent: salbutamol, qty 100 microgram/actuation) - inhalation, pressurised - excipient ingredients: norflurane - other conditions: do not puncture or incinerate even when empty as canister may explode. indications: for the relief of bronchospasm in patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and for acute prophylaxis against exercise-induced asthma and other stimuli known to induce bronchospasm.

Austrálie - angličtina - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

sanofi-aventis australia pty ltd - insulin aspart, quantity: 3.5 mg/ml - injection, solution - excipient ingredients: metacresol; phenol; polysorbate 20; sodium hydroxide; hydrochloric acid; water for injections; zinc chloride; sodium chloride - for the treatment of diabetes mellitus

Austrálie - angličtina - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

dr reddys laboratories australia pty ltd - capecitabine, quantity: 150 mg - tablet, film coated - excipient ingredients: croscarmellose sodium; microcrystalline cellulose; hypromellose; magnesium stearate; lactose; titanium dioxide; purified talc; iron oxide yellow; iron oxide red - colon cancer ,capecitabine is indicated for the adjuvant treatment of patients with dukes? stage c and high-risk stage b, colon cancer, either as monotherapy or in combination with oxaliplatin.,colorectal cancer,capecitabine is indicated for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer.,oesophagogastric cancer,capecitabine is indicated for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced oesophagogastric cancer in combination with a platinum-based regimen.,breast cancer,capecitabine is indicated for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer after failure of taxanes and an anthracycline-containing chemotherapy regimen unless therapy with these and other standard agents are clinically contraindicated ,capecitabine in combination with docetaxel is indicated for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer after failure of prior anthracycline containing chemotherapy.

Austrálie - angličtina - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

dr reddys laboratories australia pty ltd - capecitabine, quantity: 500 mg - tablet, film coated - excipient ingredients: lactose; magnesium stearate; microcrystalline cellulose; hypromellose; croscarmellose sodium; titanium dioxide; purified talc; iron oxide yellow; iron oxide red - colon cancer ,capecitabine is indicated for the adjuvant treatment of patients with dukes? stage c and high-risk stage b, colon cancer, either as monotherapy or in combination with oxaliplatin.,colorectal cancer,capecitabine is indicated for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer.,oesophagogastric cancer,capecitabine is indicated for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced oesophagogastric cancer in combination with a platinum-based regimen.,breast cancer,capecitabine is indicated for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer after failure of taxanes and an anthracycline-containing chemotherapy regimen unless therapy with these and other standard agents are clinically contraindicated ,capecitabine in combination with docetaxel is indicated for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer after failure of prior anthracycline containing chemotherapy.