Foscarnet sodium
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| Foscarnet sodium | |
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| Term | Foscarnet sodium |
| Short definition | Fosamax (FAH-suh-max) A drug used to treat certain bone disorders such as osteoporosis and Paget's disease of the bone. It is also being studied for the treatment of hypercalcemia (high levels of calcium in the blood) and cancer-related bone pain. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
Foscarnet sodium - (pronounced) (fos-KAR-net SOH-dee-um) A drug used to treat herpes virus infections in people whose immune systems are weakened by AIDS. It prevents the viruses from making copies of themselves. It's a kind of antiviral. Also called foscavir and phosphonoformate trisodium
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