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View Post: Cancidas (Caspofungin Acetate) Drug Information: Uses, Side ...
18 Jul 2008
CASPOFUNGIN - INJECTION. (kass-poe-FUN-gin). COMMON BRAND NAME(S): Cancidas. USES: Caspofungin is used to treat a variety of serious fungal infections. It is often used in patients who cannot use or do not respond to other antifungal ...
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View Post: IP Pharma Doc: New Paragraph IV certifications reported by USFDA ...
13 Nov 2009 by Dr DK Sarwal  
8) Caspofungin Acetate (Cancidas) 50 mg and 70 mg vial for injection: Para IV filed on June 26, 2009. 9) Cisatracurium Besylate (Nimbex) 2 mg/mL, 5 mL vial and 10 mg/mL, 20 mL vial: Para IV filed on Aug 4, 2009; 2 mg/mL, 10 mL vial Para ...
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View Post: Comparison of the dose-dependent activity and paradoxical effect ...
20 Mar 2008
The human clinical formulations of micafungin (Astellas Inc., Deer Park, IL, USA) and caspofungin. (Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA) powder for injection were acquired from the hospital pharmacy and were freshly reconstituted ...
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View Post: online propranalol performance anxiety before a speach pamplets ...
1 Oct 2007 by admin  
caspofungin acetate for injection was originally approved by both the fda, in the us, and the emea, in europe, in 2001. its currently approved therapeutic indications by both organisms include the empirical therapy of presumed fungal ...
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View Post: News Article : New Type of Antifungal Approved for Invasive ...
31 Dec 2008
BETHESDA, MD, 16 March 2001—Caspofungin acetate (Cancidas [PDF], Merck) has been approved for marketing as second-line treatment of invasive aspergillosis. The new agent, which interferes with fungal growth by inhibiting synthesis of an essential ... Cancidas is supplied as color-coded single-use vials containing 50 mg (red aluminum band) or 70 mg (yellow-orange aluminum band) of lyophilized powder for reconstitution and dilution with 0.9% sodium chloride injection. ...
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View Post: PROGRAF INJECTION (Tacrolimus) drug information from MPR
30 Jul 2009
May be antagonized by carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, rifabutin, rifampin, caspofungin, St. Johns Wort, sirolimus. Caution with ganciclovir, nelfinavir, ritonavir, mycophenolic acid. ...
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View Post: STAT!Ref Weblog: Detailed Drug Information for the Consumer ...
16 Jan 2008 by Ed Evans  
CARVEDILOL (Oral route) CASPOFUNGIN (Intravenous route) CEPHALOSPORIN (Oral route, Injection route, Intravenous route, Intramuscular route) CETIRIZINE AND PSEUDOEPHEDRINE (Oral route) CHLORHEXIDINE (Periodontal route) ...
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View Post: FDA Approvals: Asmanex Twisthaler, Accretropin, Mycamine
14 Feb 2008
The FDA has approved an expanded indication for mometasone furoate inhalation powder (Asmanex Twisthaler), somatropin (recombinant) injection (Accretropin), and micafungin infusion (Mycamine). ... The approval was based on data from a double-blind study, showing that micafungin 100 mg/day was noninferior to another echinocandin antifungal (caspofungin, given as a 70-mg loading dose followed by 50 mg/day) for achieving treatment success overall, as defined by clinical and ...
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View Post: dosage and administration
28 Jul 2008 by Browny  
caspofungin. caspofungin is available in vials containing 50 or 70 mg of caspofungin acetate as a sterile, lyophilized powder, which should be reconstituted with 0.9% sodium chloride injection, sterile water for injection, ...
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View Post: Clearance of Intravitreal Voriconazole -- Shen et al. 48 (5): 2238 ...
25 Apr 2007 by Shen, Y.-C., Wang, M.-Y., Wang, C.-Y.,...  
Four to six eyes per time point after injection were enucleated and immediately stored at –80°C. Aqueous humor samples were withdrawn before enucleation, and vitreous samples were obtained from ocular dissection and isolation at .... alone or combined with caspofungin, to treat fungal endophthalmitis, systemic administration achieves a vitreous concentration lower than therapeutic levels of some filamentous fungi, particularly Fusarium species.16 17 18 19 20 It has ...
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