Gallium For Hypercalcemia of Malignancy
Gallium nitrate (Ganite - Fujisawa, USA), originally an anticancer drug, was recently marketed for treatment of cancer-associated hypercalcemia that has not responded to hydration. Other drugs used for treatment of hypercalcemia include furosemide (Lasix, and others), the bisphosphonate etidronate (Didronel IV), calcitonin (Calcimar), and plicamycin (Mithracin, formerly mithramycin) (RAB Schaiff et al, Clin Pharm, 8:108, 1989). Newer bisphosphonates are available in Europe....
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Title: Gallium For Hypercalcemia of Malignancy
Publication: The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
Issue #: 843
Article Code: 843c
Date: May 3, 1991
Volume: 33
Pages: 41-42
Publication: The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
Issue #: 843
Article Code: 843c
Date: May 3, 1991
Volume: 33
Pages: 41-42
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