Apraclonidine Hydrochloride and Erleada

• Generic Name: apraclonidine ophthalmic
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Iopidine

Apraclonidine 1% is used prophylactically to prevent or reduce intraoperative and postoperative increases in intraocular pressure (IOP) before and after ocular laser surgery (e.g., argon laser trabeculoplasty, argon laser iridotomy, neodymium yttrium aluminum garnet [Nd:YAG] laser posterior capsulotomy).

Apraclonidine 0.5% is used for short-term (<1 month) adjunctive therapy in patients with open-angle glaucoma receiving maximally tolerated drug therapy (i.e., a topical β-adrenergic blocking agent in conjunction with a systemically administered carbonic anhydrase inhibitor and a sympathomimetic and/or a parasympathomimetic agent) who require additional reduction in IOP.

• Generic Name: apalutamide
• Dosage Forms: tablet, film coated
• Other Brand Names: Erleada

Erleada (apalutamide) is an anti-androgen. It works in the body by preventing the actions of androgens (male hormones).

Erleada is used to treat prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic) and is also being treated with another medicine or with surgery.

This medicine is also used to treat prostate cancer that has not spread to other parts of the body, after surgery or other cancer treatments did not work or have stopped working.

Erleada is used together with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) or with surgical castration (removal of the testicles).