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Oncology Support lists oral and topical cancer medicines by the cancer they are licensed for, including anastrozole, letrozole, tamoxifen, bicalutamide, capecitabine, imatinib and fluorouracil cream.
Abiraterone acetate
250mg
Abiraterone 250mg tablets are a hormone treatment for prostate cancer: they lower the androgens the cancer grows on, and come in packs of 120 or 240.
Lenalidomide
10mg
Lenalidomide 10mg capsules: an immunomodulatory medicine for multiple myeloma and myelodysplastic syndromes, taken in repeating cycles to help the immune system attack abnormal blood cells.
Methotrexate
2.5mg
Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets are used for rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and some cancers; this antimetabolite listing comes in packs of 30, 60, 90 or 120 tablets.
Breast cancer is the biggest group. Three of the listings are aromatase inhibitors, taken after the menopause when the cancer is fed by oestrogen: anastrozole 1mg, which comes as Arimidex (also sold as plain anastrozole) and Armotraz, letrozole 2.5mg as Femara, and exemestane 25mg as Aromasin. Joint aches, hot flushes and thinning bones are the effects people talk about. Tamoxifen works differently, by blocking oestrogen at the cancer cell, and is sold as Nolvadex or Tamoxifen in 10mg and 20mg; it can slightly raise the risk of blood clots. Afinitor, which is everolimus in 5mg and 10mg, is listed for breast and kidney cancer, and mouth ulcers are its signature side effect.
Bicalutamide 50mg (Casodex, also sold as plain bicalutamide) blocks male hormone receptors on the cancer. Abiraterone 250mg, whose ingredient page is abiraterone acetate, cuts the body's production of the same hormones, is taken on an empty stomach, and is given together with a steroid tablet.
People searching for bowel cancer tablets usually want capecitabine, 500mg, listed as Xeloda and Capnat (also sold as plain capecitabine) for cancers of the colon and rectum and for breast cancer. It is taken twice a day within half an hour of a meal, in cycles, and sore, red palms and soles are the effect to watch. Nexavar is sorafenib 200mg for advanced kidney and liver cancer and one type of thyroid cancer. It is taken without food and can raise blood pressure.
The blood cancer listings are mostly kinase inhibitors for chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML). Gleevec is imatinib in 100mg and 400mg and is also listed for gastrointestinal stromal tumours. Sprycel, also sold as plain dasatinib (ingredient page), comes in 50mg bottles, and Tasigna is nilotinib in 150mg and 200mg capsules, taken on an empty stomach. Hydroxyurea 500mg capsules, as Hydrea (also sold as plain hydroxyurea), are used in CML and for sickle cell anaemia.
Further along, chlorambucil (Leukeran, also sold as plain chlorambucil, 2mg and 5mg) is for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and lymphomas, and melphalan 2mg (Alkacel) for multiple myeloma and ovarian cancer. Lenalidomide 10mg capsules treat myeloma and myelodysplastic syndromes, and Thalix is thalidomide 50mg and 100mg for myeloma and the leprosy complication erythema nodosum leprosum. Thalidomide and lenalidomide cause severe birth defects.
Cyclophosphamide 50mg (Cytoxan, also sold as plain cyclophosphamide) is used for many cancers and for severe autoimmune disease, and plenty of fluid is drunk to protect the bladder. Methotrexate 2.5mg is listed for cancer as well as for arthritis and psoriasis, where it is taken once a week; there is more on the methotrexate page. On the skin, fluorouracil 1% and 5% tubes (Efudex, also sold as plain fluorouracil) are for actinic keratosis (rough, sun-damaged patches) and superficial basal cell carcinoma, and cause redness and crusting where applied.
PockDose sells breast cancer tablets such as anastrozole as generic Arimidex, tamoxifen as generic Nolvadex and letrozole as generic Femara. Prostate cancer tablets include bicalutamide as generic Casodex. Imatinib is listed as generic Gleevec for blood cancers. Capecitabine, listed as generic Xeloda, is used for colorectal and breast cancer.
Yes, anastrozole is available as generic Arimidex (also plain anastrozole) or Armotraz 1mg tablets, and bicalutamide as generic Casodex 50mg (also plain bicalutamide). Tamoxifen comes as generic Nolvadex or plain tamoxifen in 10mg and 20mg.
Orders arrive in plain, unbranded packaging. Tracked courier takes 5–9 business days; standard airmail takes 14–21 business days and is untracked. See delivery and ordering details.
Both contain anastrozole 1mg. Arimidex (also sold as plain anastrozole) is the original brand name and Armotraz is another brand of the same ingredient. The ingredient, strength and form are the same in both.
Capecitabine tablets are swallowed with water within 30 minutes after a meal, usually twice a day. They are taken in cycles, typically two weeks on and a week off, with 500mg tablets making up the dose.
No. Femara is letrozole 2.5mg, Arimidex is anastrozole 1mg and Aromasin is exemestane 25mg. All three are aromatase inhibitors for breast cancer in women after the menopause, but each is a separate ingredient.
Fluorouracil cream is for actinic keratosis, rough scaly patches caused by sun damage, and for superficial basal cell carcinoma, a common slow-growing skin cancer. The listings are 1% and 5% tubes.