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Medicines requiring Special Handling Cytoxic & Cytostatic

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List of non-chemotherapy cytotoxic/cytostatic drugs Product approved name
Leuprorelin acetate
Anastrozole

Medroxyprogesterone

Azathioprine

Megestrol

Bcg

Menotropins

Bicalutamide

Mifepristone

Chloramphenicol

Mycophenolate mofetil

Ciclosporin

Nafarelin

Cidofovir

Oestrogen containing products

Coal tar containing products

Oxytocin (including syntocinon and


syntometrine)

Colchicine
Danazol
Diethylstilbestrol
Dinoprostone
Dithranol containing products
Dutasteride (women should not handle)
Estradiol
Exemestane
Finasteride(women should not handle)
Flutamide
Ganciclovir
Gonadotrophin, chorionic
Goserelin
Interferon containing products (including
peginterferon)
Leflunomide

Podophyllyn
Progesterone containing products
Raloxifene
Ribavarin
Sirolimus
Streptozocin
Tacrolimus
Tamoxifen
Testosterone
Thalidomide
Toremifene
Trifluridine
Triptorelin
Valganciclovir
Zidovudine

Letrozole

. Medicines Requiring Special Handling. This document may be adapted for use by your organization. We do not accept any
responsibility for the updating of this document. (KT/HS, NHS Tees. Feb.2012 / Review Feb. 2014)

Cancer chemotherapy drugs Product approved name


Aldesleukin
Alemtuzumab
Amsacrine
Arsenic trioxide
Asparaginase
Bleomycin
Bortezomib
Busulphan
Capecitabine
Carboplatin
Carmustine
Cetuximab
Chlorambucil
Cisplatin
Cladribine
Cyclophosphamide
Cytarabine
Dacarbazine
Dactinomycin
Daunorubicin
Dasatinib
Docetaxel
Doxorubicin
Epirubicin
Estramustine
Etoposide
Fludarabine
Fluorouracil

Gemcitabine
Gemtuzumab
Hydroxycarbamide
Idarubicin
Ifosfamide
Imatinib mesylate
Irinotecan
Lomustine
Melphalan
Mercaptopurine
Methotrexate
Mitomycin
Mitotane
Mitoxantrone
Oxaliplatin
Paclitaxel
Pentamidine
Pentostatin
Procarbazine
Raltitrexed
Rituximab
Temozolomide
Thiotepa
Topotecan
Trastuzumab
Vidaradine
Vinblastine
Vincristine

Information downloaded from: http://www.spaceforhealth.nhs.uk/England/login?


destination=node/8457%20Section%20ID%20:%208456 . Accessed November 2011.
. Medicines Requiring Special Handling. This document may be adapted for use by your organization. We do not accept any
responsibility for the updating of this document. (KT/HS, NHS Tees. Feb.2012 / Review Feb. 2014)

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