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accord healthcare pty ltd - irinotecan hydrochloride trihydrate, quantity: 500 mg - injection, concentrated - excipient ingredients: hydrochloric acid; water for injections; lactic acid; sodium hydroxide; sorbitol - irinotecan hydrochloride is indicated as a component of first-line therapy for patients with metastatic carcinoma of the colon or rectum. irinotecan hydrochloride is also indicated for patients with metastatic carcinoma of the colon or rectum whose disease has recurred or progressed following initial therapy.

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juno pharmaceuticals pty ltd - phenytoin sodium, quantity: 100 mg - injection, solution - excipient ingredients: propylene glycol; sodium hydroxide; ethanol; water for injections - control of status epilepticus, tonic-clonic (grand mal), psychomotor seizures and the prevention of seizures occuring during or following neurosurgery. phenytoin will prevent or effectively decrease the incidence and severity of convulvsive seizures in a high percentage of cases, with patients exhibiting little tendency to become resistant to its action. besides its effectiveness in controlling seizures, phenytoin frequently improves the mental condition and outlook of epileptic patients. it has also been used in the treatment of certain cardiac arrhythmias, particularly in those patients who do not respond to convential antiarrhythmic agents or to cardioversion. phenytoin serum level determinations may be necessary for optimal dosage adjustments (see dosage and administation).

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juno pharmaceuticals pty ltd - phenytoin sodium, quantity: 250 mg - injection, solution - excipient ingredients: sodium hydroxide; water for injections; ethanol; propylene glycol - control of status epilepticus, tonic-clonic (grand mal), psychomotor seizures and the prevention of seizures occuring during or following neurosurgery. phenytoin will prevent or effectively decrease the incidence and severity of convulvsive seizures in a high percentage of cases, with patients exhibiting little tendency to become resistant to its action. besides its effectiveness in controlling seizures, phenytoin frequently improves the mental condition and outlook of epileptic patients. it has also been used in the treatment of certain cardiac arrhythmias, particularly in those patients who do not respond to convential antiarrhythmic agents or to cardioversion. phenytoin serum level determinations may be necessary for optimal dosage adjustments (see dosage and administation).

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aspen pharma pty ltd - digoxin, quantity: 0.25 mg/ml - injection, solution - excipient ingredients: citric acid monohydrate; dibasic sodium phosphate; propylene glycol; water for injections; ethanol - indications as at 26 july 2000 : congestive heart failure - lanoxin is useful regardless of whether the failure is predominantly of the left or right ventricle, or involves both sides of the heart. it is particularly useful in heart failure resulting from chronic overload (hypertension, valvular lesions, atherosclerotic heart disease) in which the supply of energy is not impaired. lanoxin does not cause major benefit in situations in which the metabolic energy supply is compromised as in thyrotoxicosis, hypoxia, and severe thiamine deficiency. atrial fibrillation - because lanoxin depresses conduction in the atrioventricular bundle, producing a slower ventricular beat, it is valuable in atrial fibrillation. it will frequently convert atrial flutter into fibrillation and, upon withdrawal of the drug, normal sinus rhythm may be restored. paroxysmal atrial tachycardia - lanoxin may relieve or prevent an attack, but its use in paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia is dangerous.

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aspen pharma pty ltd - digoxin, quantity: 25 microgram/ml - injection, solution - excipient ingredients: ethanol; propylene glycol; citric acid; dibasic sodium phosphate; water for injections - indications as at 26 july 2000 : congestive heart failure - lanoxin is useful regardless of whether the failure is predominantly of the left or right ventricle, or involves both sides of the heart. it is particularly useful in heart failure resulting from chronic overload (hypertension, valvular lesions, atherosclerotic heart disease) in which the supply of energy is not impaired. lanoxin does not cause major benefit in situations in which the metabolic energy supply is compromised as in thyrotoxicosis, hypoxia, and severe thiamine deficiency. atrial fibrillation - because lanoxin depresses conduction in the atrioventricular bundle, producing a slower ventricular beat, it is valuable in atrial fibrillation. it will frequently convert atrial flutter into fibrillation and, upon withdrawal of the drug, normal sinus rhythm may be restored. paroxysmal atrial tachycardia - lanoxin may relieve or prevent an attack, but its use in paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia is dangerous.

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juniper biologics pty ltd - palonosetron hydrochloride, quantity: 56 microgram/ml (equivalent: palonosetron, qty 50 microgram/ml) - injection, solution - excipient ingredients: sodium hydroxide; disodium edetate; hydrochloric acid; sodium citrate dihydrate; mannitol; water for injections; citric acid monohydrate - aloxi is indicated for: - prevention of nausea and vomiting induced by cytotoxic chemotherapy. - prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (ponv) for up to 24 hours following surgery.

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juniper biologics pty ltd - palonosetron hydrochloride, quantity: 56 microgram/ml (equivalent: palonosetron, qty 50 microgram/ml) - injection, solution - excipient ingredients: sodium hydroxide; disodium edetate; hydrochloric acid; sodium citrate dihydrate; mannitol; water for injections; citric acid monohydrate - aloxi is indicated for: - prevention of nausea and vomiting induced by cytotoxic chemotherapy. - prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (ponv) for up to 24 hours following surgery.

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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

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pfizer australia pty ltd - vincristine sulfate, quantity: 1 mg/ml - injection, solution - excipient ingredients: sulfuric acid; mannitol; water for injections; sodium hydroxide - vincristine sulfate is indicated in acute leukaemia - current practices of cancer chemotherapy involve the simultaneous use of several agents. for enhanced therapeutic effect without additive toxicity, agents with different dose-limiting clinical toxicities and different mechanisms of action are generally selected. it is rarely possible to achieve equally good results with single agent treatment. thus vincristine sulfate is often chosen as part of polychemotherapy because of its unique clinical toxicity (neuropathy). see dosage and administration for possible increased toxicity when used in combination therapy. it has been shown to be useful in combination with other oncolytic agents in hodgkin's disease, non-hodgkin's malignant lymphomas (lymphocytic, mixed-cell, histiocytic, undifferentiated, nodular and diffuse types), rhabdomyosarcoma, neuroblastoma, wilm's tumour, osteogenic sarcoma, mycosis fungoides, ewing's sarcoma, carcinoma of the uterine cervix, breast cancer, malignant melanoma, oat-cell carcinoma

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pfizer australia pty ltd - phenytoin sodium, quantity: 250 mg - injection, solution - excipient ingredients: propylene glycol; water for injections; hydrochloric acid; sodium hydroxide; ethanol absolute - for the control of status epilepticus, tonic-clonic (grand mal), psychomotor seizures and the prevention of seizures occurring during or following neurosurgery. phenytoin will prevent or effectively decrease the incidence and severity of convulsive seizures in a high percentage of cases, with patients exhibiting little tendency to become resistant to its action. besides its effectiveness in controlling seizures, phenytoin frequently improves the mental condition and outlook of epileptic patients. it has also been used in the treatment of certain cardiac arrhythmias, particularly in those patients who do not respond to conventional antiarrhythmic agents or to cardioversion. phenytoin serum level determinations may be necessary for optimal dosage adjustments (see dosage and administration)