Drug details
BiCNU (carmustine)
type of Antineoplastics, Alkylating
BiCNU (carmustine) is a cancer (antineoplastic) medication used to treat brain tumors, Hodgkin's disease, multiple myeloma, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and is sometimes given with other cancer medications.
The drug is often used to treat Multiple myeloma .
This drug may have the following side effects:
- hives,
- difficulty breathing,
- swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat,
- skin redness,
- nausea,
- vomiting,
- fever,
- easy bruising,
- unusual bleeding,
- shortness of breath,
- body aches,
- tiredness,
- dizziness,
- seizure,
- severe headache,
- little or no urination,
- confusion, and
- dry cough or hack,
- unexplained weight loss,
- neck stiffness,
- increased sensitivity to light,
- eye redness,
- severe warmth or tingling under your skin,
- pain, burning, swelling, or skin changes where the injection was given,
- slow healing of your incision after implant placement,
- rapid bur shallow breathing,
- clubbing (widening and rounding) of your fingertips or toes,
- sudden vision problems,
- drowsiness
The following drugs are related to BiCNU, either as a replacement or used together:
- Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel suspension)
- Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin)
- Alunbrig (brigatinib tablets)
- Arimidex (anastrozole)
- Aphexda (motixafortide for injection)
- Aredia (pamidronate disodium)
- Aromasin (exemestane)
- Vegzelma (bevacizumab-adcd injection)
- Carvykti (ciltacabtagene autoleucel for iv injection)
- CeeNU (lomustine capsules)
- Cytoxan (cyclophosphamide)
- Ellence (epirubicin hydrochloride)
- Etopophos (etoposide phosphate)
- Fusilev (levoleucovorin injection)
- Zoladex 10.8 mg (goserelin acetate implant)
- Zoladex 3.6 (goserelin acetate implant)
- Herceptin (trastuzumab)
- Ibrance (palbociclib capsules for oral administration)
- Zynlonta (loncastuximab tesirine-lpyl for injection)
- Pepaxto (melphalan flufenamide for injection for iv use)
- Nolvadex (tamoxifen citrate)
- Soltamox (tamoxifen citrate)
- Talvey (talquetamab-tgvs injection)
- Tecvayli (teclistamab-cqyv injection)
The following supplements are related to BiCNU, and may be used together with the drug:
- Melatonin (s.)
- Adenosine (s.)
- Coriolus Mushroom (s.)