Vistogard

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Vistogard
TermVistogard
Short definitionVistogard - (pronounced) (VIS toh gard) medicine used in the emergency treatment of adults and children who are receiving too much fluorouracil or capecitabine, or who have cardiac or central nervous system toxicity, or other serious side effects that occur within 4 days of stopping treatment with these medicines. Vistogard may help protect healthy cells from some of the side effects caused by certain cancer drugs. 
TypeCancer terms
SpecialtyOncology
LanguageEnglish
SourceNCI
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Vistogard - (pronounced) (VIS toh gard) medicine used in the emergency treatment of adults and children who are receiving too much fluorouracil or capecitabine, or who have cardiac or central nervous system toxicity, or other serious side effects that occur within 4 days of stopping treatment with these medicines. Vistogard may help protect healthy cells from some of the side effects caused by certain cancer drugs. It's a type of chemoprotectant and a type of pyrimidine analogue. Also called PN401, triacetyluridine and uridine triacetate

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