Interferons, Alpha (Systemic)

Additional Information

Once a medicine has been approved for marketing for a certain use, experience may show that it is also useful for other medical problems. Although these uses are not included in product labeling, alpha interferons are used in certain patients with the following medical conditions:

• Bladder cancer
• Carcinoid tumors
• Chronic myelocytic leukemia
• Kidney cancer
• Laryngeal papillomatosis (growths on larynx)
• Lymphomas, non-Hodgkin's
• Multiple myeloma
• Mycosis fungoides
• Ovarian cancer
• Polycythemia vera (a type of cancer of the blood)
• Skin cancer
• Thrombocytosis

Other than the above information, there is no additional information relating to proper use, precautions, or side effects for these uses.