CYTARABINE INJECTION
As listed in the register: CYTARABINE INJECTION
100 mg · solution
- Prescription only
- Cancer treatments and immune-system medicines
- Active substance
- Cytarabine
- Made by
- Pfizer Canada Ulc
- Source
- Official label
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What it is for
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How it works
From the US prescribing label for the same active substance (Cytarabine). It describes the substance, not this exact product.
Cell Culture Studies: Cytarabine is cytotoxic to a wide variety of proliferating mammalian cells in culture.
It exhibits cell phase specificity, primarily killing cells undergoing DNA synthesis (S-phase) and under certain conditions blocking the progression of cells from the G 1 phase to the S-phase.
Cellular Resistance and Sensitivity: Cytarabine is metabolized by deoxycytidine kinase and other nucleotide kinases to the nucleotide triphosphate, an effective inhibitor of DNA polymerase; it is inactivated by a pyrimidine nucleoside deaminase which converts it to the nontoxic uracil derivative.
Quoted from the prescribing label, sections “Mechanism of Action” and “Pharmacokinetics”. DailyMed · 2026-08-27
Safety of the active substance
From the US prescribing label for the same active substance (Cytarabine). It describes the substance, not this exact product.
WARNING Only physicians experienced in cancer chemotherapy should use Cytarabine Injection.
- Cytarabine is contraindicated in those patients who are hypersensitive to the drug.
Most Frequent Adverse Reactions: Anorexia, hepatic dysfunction, nausea, fever, vomiting, rash, diarrhea, thrombophlebitis, oral and anal inflammation or ulceration, bleeding (all sites).
Quoted from the US prescribing label for the same active substance. Your own pack’s leaflet is the authority for your product. DailyMed
Same active substance, strength and form in other countries
Matched on active substance, strength and kind of form only. This is not a statement that the products are equivalent or interchangeable: other ingredients, release and approved uses can differ — ask a pharmacist before swapping.
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United StatesNo exact match for this strength and form
European UnionNo exact match for this strength and form
SpainNo exact match for this strength and form
FranceNo exact match for this strength and form
NetherlandsNo exact match for this strength and form
SwitzerlandNo exact match for this strength and form
Details
| Made by | Pfizer Canada Ulc |
|---|---|
| Active substance | Cytarabine |
| Used in | Cancer treatments and immune-system medicines |
| Strength | 100 mg |
| Form | solution |
| Classification | L01BC01 · Cancer treatments and immune-system medicines |
| Route | intrathecal, intravenous, subcutaneous |
| Dispensing (as stated by the register) | PRESCRIPTION |
| Status | Marketed |
| Marketed | Yes, according to the register |
| DIN | 02126656 |
| DPD drug code | 43843 |
Source: Drug Product Database · 2026-09-30 · not reviewed by a clinician
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Other strengths and forms
2 products are sold under this name. Grouped by form; a number on a strength means several companies make it.
- solution2 products
100 mg2
100 mg · 2 companies
- Pfizer Canada Ulc · this page
- Sterimax Inc
Same active substance
These contain the same substance. That does not mean one can replace another — ask a pharmacist.