Drug details

Infugem (gemcitabine in sodium chloride injection)

type of Antineoplastics, Antimetabolite

Infugem (gemcitabine in sodium chloride injection) is a nucleoside metabolic inhibitor indicated in combination with carboplatin, for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer that has relapsed at least 6 months after completion of platinum-based therapy; in combination with paclitaxel, for first-line treatment of metastatic breast cancer after failure of prior anthracycline-containing adjuvant chemotherapy, unless anthracyclines were clinically contraindicated; in combination with cisplatin for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer; and as a single agent for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

This drug may have the following side effects:
  • nausea,
  • rash,
  • vomiting,
  • shortness of breath,
  • diarrhea,
  • blood in the urine,
  • fever,
  • bleeding,
  • infection,
  • hair loss,
  • low white blood cell count (neutropenia),
  • low platelet count (thrombocytopenia),
  • swelling and sores inside the mouth,
  • Numbness and tingling
  • anemia,
  • swelling of the extremities,
  • elevated liver enzymes,
  • increased alkaline phosphatase,
  • protein in the urine,
  • drowsiness, and
The following drugs are related to Infugem, either as a replacement or used together:
  • Krazati (adagrasib tablets)
  • Alkeran (melphalan)
  • Alkeran Injection (melphalan hcl injection)
  • Alymsys (bevacizumab-maly injection)
  • Avastin (bevacizumab)
  • Cisplatin (cisplatin injection)
  • Orserdu (elacestrant tablets)
  • Lumakras (sotorasib tablets)
  • Lynparza (olaparib capsules for oral administration)
  • Margenza (margetuximab-cmkb injection, for intravenous use)
  • Zejula (niraparib capsules)
  • Paclitaxel Tablets (paclitaxel)
  • Retevmo (selpercatinib capsules)
  • Tepmetko (tepotinib tablets)
  • Thiotepa (thiotepa injection)
  • Tukysa (tucatinib tablets)