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Submit articles and sites about the chemotherapy drug, etoposide.

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Efalizumab

Medication for treatment of plaque psoriasis. US brand name is Raptiva.

Enalapril

High blood pressure medicine (antihypertensive), used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension).

Epoprostenol

Epoprostenol is a drug used in the treatment of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension. It is administered continuously by a pump.

Erlotinib

Submit sites about Erlotinib also known as Tarceva.
Erlotinib is a Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Type 1/Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (HER1/EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor. It is marketed as Tarceva for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer or pancreatic cancer.

Erythromycin

Erythromycin is an antibiotic.

Estradiol

Estradiol is used in the treatment of menopause.

Ethosuximide

Generic name: ethosuximide. Brand name: Zarontin.

Etoposide

Submit articles and sites about the chemotherapy drug, etoposide.

Belongs to a class of drugs known as podophyllotoxin derivatives; it slows or stops the growth of cancer cells in the body. Used to treat testicular cancer, lung cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, mycosis fungoides, Hodgkin's disease, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, Wilms' tumor, neuroblastoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, gestational trophoblastic tumors, ovarian germ-cell tumors, hepatoma, Ewing's sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, brain tumors, and refractory advanced breast cancer. High doses of etoposide along with other chemotherapy drugs have been used with autologous bone marrow transplant for refractory advanced malignant neoplasms. Drug can also be used in combination with other chemo drugs.

Exenatide

From a class of medicines called incretin mimetics. Used to treat type 2 diabetes.

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