Product Description

Mitoxantrone:-

Drug Type:

Mitoxantrone is an anti-cancer ("antineoplastic" or "cytotoxic") chemotherapy drug.  Mitoxantrone is classified as an "antitumor antibiotic."  (For more detail, see "How Mitoxantrone Works" section below).

What Mitoxantrone Is Used For:

    Advanced prostate cancer not responding to hormone treatment - used in combination with steroids.
    Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)
    Breast cancer
    Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
    severe side effects.

The following side effects are common (occurring in greater than 30%) for patients taking Mitoxantrone:

    Low blood counts. Your white and red blood cells and platelets may temporarily decrease. This can put you at increased risk for infection, anemia and/or bleeding.

    Nadir: Meaning low point, nadir is the point in time between chemotherapy cycles in which you experience low blood counts. Onset: 7 - 10 days
    Nadir: 10 -14 days
    Recovery: 21 days

    Nausea and vomiting
    Fever
    Increases in blood tests measuring liver function.  These return to normal once treatment is discontinued.