Bacillus of calmette and guerin vaccine, live Intravesical and Plasma-Lyte 56

• Generic Name: bcg
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names:

  Tice BCG Live, Tice BCG Vaccine, Theracys 3, TheraCys, BCG vaccine, Tice BCG

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is used as a solution that is run through a tube (instilled through a catheter) into the bladder to treat bladder cancer. The exact way it works against cancer is not known, but it may work by stimulating the body's immune system.

BCG is to be administered only by or under the immediate supervision of your doctor.

• Generic Name: lvp solution with potassium
• Dosage Forms: injection solution
• Other Brand Names:

Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) belongs to a group of medicines called quinolines.

Plaquenil is used to treat or prevent malaria, a disease caused by parasites that enter the body through the bite of a mosquito. Malaria is common in areas such as Africa, South America, and Southern Asia. This medicine is not effective against all strains of malaria.

Plaquenil is also an antirheumatic medicine and is used to treat symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and discoid or systemic lupus erythematosus.