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Deferasirox, sold
under the
brand name
Exjade among others, is an oral iron chelator. Its main use is to
reduce chronic iron
overload in
patients who...
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reverse iron overload,
using drugs such as deferoxamine, deferiprone, or
deferasirox;
medication with the
antioxidant indicaxanthin to
prevent the breakdown...
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methylphenidate (Ritalin;
production ceased 2020),
terbinafine (Lamisil),
deferasirox (Exjade), and others.
Novartis was
formed in 1996 by the
merger of Ciba-Geigy...
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Chelation therapy Two
molecules of
deferasirox, an
orally administered chelator,
binding iron.
Deferasirox is used in the
treatment of
transfusional iron...
- Po****r
chelators include deferoxamine and deferiprone. The oral
chelator deferasirox was
approved for use in 2005 in some countries. Bone
marrow transplantation...
- Complementary: Desmopressinα
Heparin sodiumα
Protamine sulfateα Warfarinα
Deferasirox Complementary: Deferoxamineα
Hydroxycarbamide (hydroxyurea)α Cryoprecipitate...
- is no
evidence that
deferasirox or
deferiprone is superior, however, a long term
comparison has not been performed.
Deferasirox is not
effective for...
- they must
undertake chelation therapy to survive;
either deferoxamine,
deferasirox, or
deferiprone to
eliminate the
excess iron that ac****ulates. Removal...
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method has only a
limited efficacy,
unlike small-molecular
chelators (
deferasirox, deferiprone, or deferoxamine), such an
approach may have only minor...
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chelators are
available in the US,
deferoxamine for
intravenous use and
deferasirox for oral use. A
third chelating agent is available, deferiprone, but...
