Telbivudine Telbivudine is no longer available in the U.S.. If you are currently using telbivudine, you should call your doctor to discuss switching to another treatment. Telbivudine can cause serious or life-threatening damage to the liver and a condition called…
Pegfilgrastim Injection Pegfilgrastim injection is available as several different products that are considered to be biologic medications (medications made from living organisms). These biosimilar products are highly similar to pegfilgrastim injection and work the same way as pegfilgrastim injection in…
Cetuximab Injection Cetuximab may cause severe or life-threatening reactions while you receive the medication. These reactions are more common with the first dose of cetuximab but may occur at any time during treatment. Your doctor will watch you carefully while…
Armodafinil Armodafinil is used to treat excessive sleepiness caused by narcolepsy (a condition that causes excessive daytime sleepiness) or shift work sleep disorder (sleepiness during scheduled waking hours and difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep during scheduled sleeping hours in…
Antipyrine-Benzocaine Otic Antipyrine and benzocaine otic is used to relieve ear pain and swelling caused by middle ear infections. It may be used along with antibiotics to treat an ear infection. It is also used to help remove a build…
Pemetrexed Injection Pemetrexed injection is used in combination with other chemotherapy medications as a first treatment for a certain type of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that has spread to nearby tissues or to other parts of the body. Pemetrexed…
Verteporfin Injection Verteporfin injection is used in combination with photodynamic therapy (PDT; treatment with a laser light) to treat abnormal growth of leaky blood vessels in the eye caused by wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD; an ongoing disease of the…
Ranibizumab Injection Ranibizumab injection is available as several different products that are considered to be biologic medications (medications made from living organisms). These biosimilar products are highly similar to ranibizumab injection and work the same way as ranibizumab injection in…
Pegaptanib Injection Pegaptanib injection is used to treat wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD; an ongoing disease of the eye that causes loss of the ability to see straight ahead and may make it more difficult to read, drive, or perform…
Aminolevulinic Acid Topical Aminolevulinic acid is used in combination with photodynamic therapy (PDT; special blue light) to treat actinic keratoses (small crusty or scaly bumps or horns on or under the skin that result from exposure to sunlight and can…