Rituximab : Additional Information (Rituxan)

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Rituximab (Systemic)

Brand Names : Rituxan

Rituximab | Before Using | Proper Use | Side Effects | Additional Information

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, rituximab is used in certain patients with the following medical conditions:

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (a type of cancer of the blood and lymph system)
Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (a certain type of cancer of the blood)
Immune or idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) (a blood disease)

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

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