Imbruvica: Uses, Dosage, Side effects & More

Imbruvica is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) who have received at least one prior treatment, Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/Small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/Small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) with 17p deletion, Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (WM), Marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) who require a medicine by mouth or injection (systemic therapy) and have received a certain type of prior treatment, Chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD) after failure of 1 or more lines of systemic therapy

Xermelo: Uses, Dosage, Side effects & More

Xermelo Generic name: telotristat ethyl Drug class: Miscellaneous GI agents Medically reviewed by  A Ras MD. What is Xermelo used for? Xermelo is a prescription medicine that is used to treat carcinoid syndrome diarrhea. Description Xermelo (telotristat ethyl) tablets contain telotristat ethyl as telotristat etiprate, a tryptophan hydroxylase inhibitor. Telotristat etiprate is the hippurate salt of telotristat […]

Zepatier: Uses, Dosage, Side effects & More

Zepatier Generic name: elbasvir and grazoprevir Drug class: Antiviral combinations Medically reviewed by  A Ras MD. What is Zepatier? Zepatier is a prescription medicine used with or without ribavirin to treat chronic (long-lasting) hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1 or 4 infection in adults. It is not known if Zepatier is safe or effective in children under 18 years […]

Imfinzi: Uses, Dosage, Side effects & More

Imfinzi Generic name: durvalumab Drug class: Anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibodies Medically reviewed by  A Ras MD. What is Imfinzi? Imfinzi is a prescription medicine used to treat a type of cancer in the bladder and urinary tract called urothelial carcinoma. Imfinzi may be used when your urothelial carcinoma has spread or cannot be removed by surgery, and you […]

Imcivree Uses, Dosage, Side effects & More

Imcivree Generic name: setmelanotide Dosage form: injection, for subcutaneous use Drug class: Melanocortin receptor agonists Medically reviewed by  A Ras MD. What is Imcivree? Imcivree is a prescription medicine used in adults and children 6 years of age and older with obesity due to the genetic conditions proopiomelanocortin (POMC), proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 1 (PCSK1), or leptin receptor […]

Xpovio: Uses, Dosage, Side effects & More

Xpovio Generic name: selinexor Drug class: Miscellaneous antineoplastics Medically reviewed by  A Ras MD. What is Xpovio? Xpovio is a prescription medicine used in combination with the medicines Velcade (bortezomib) and dexamethasone to treat adults with multiple myeloma (MM) who have received at least one prior treatment for their disease. It is used in combination with dexamethasone […]

Xyrem: Uses, Dosage, Side effects & More

Xyrem Generic name: sodium oxybate Drug class: Miscellaneous anxiolytics, sedatives and hypnotics Medically reviewed by  A Ras MD. What is Xyrem? Xyrem is a prescription medicine used to treat the following symptoms in people 7 years of age or older with narcolepsy sudden onset of weak or paralyzed muscles (cataplexy), excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) It is not […]