Medical term:
Cosmegen
Cosmegen
[kos´mĕ-jen]trademark for a preparation of dactinomycin, an antitumor antibiotic.
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Cosmegen
(kŏs′mə-jən) A trademark for the drug dactinomycin.
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Actinomycin D
A relatively toxic antibiotic produced by Streptomyces spp, which is used as a chemotherapeutic.Mechanism Inhibits DNA transcription by RNA polymerase.
Indications Rhabdomyosarcoma, Wilms’ tumour, gestational trophoblastic tumour
Adverse effects Anorexia, nausea, vomiting, myelosuppression with pancytopenia, diarrhoea
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