Coricidin HBP Cold & Flu and Gallium Nitrate

• Generic Name: acetaminophen / chlorpheniramine
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Coricidin, Coricidin HBP Cold & Flu

Acetaminophen is a pain reliever and a fever reducer.

Chlorpheniramine is an antihistamine that reduces the natural chemical histamine in the body. Histamine can produce symptoms of sneezing, itching, watery eyes, and runny nose.

Coricidin HBP Cold & Flu is a combination medicine used to treat headache, runny nose, sneezing, watery eyes, and pain or fever caused by allergies, the common cold, or the flu.

Coricidin HBP Cold & Flu may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.

• Generic Name: gallium nitrate
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Ganite

Used in conjunction with adequate hydration for the management of symptomatic hypercalcemia associated with malignant neoplasms in patients whose hypercalcemia is not adequately managed with conventional methods of treatment (e.g., hydration alone); designated an orphan drug by FDA for this use.

More conservative measures than gallium therapy (e.g., hydration alone or combined with diuretics) generally are used for mild or asymptomatic hypercalcemia.

Has been used alone and in combination with other antineoplastic agents for the treatment of advanced or metastatic bladder carcinoma; however, other agents are preferred.