Daratumumab Intravenous and Hydrocortisone injection

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

Daratumumab injection is used alone or together with other medicines to treat multiple myeloma (a type of bone marrow cancer). It is used alone in patients who have received at least 3 prior treatments that did not work well, including a proteasome inhibitor and an immunomodulatory agent, or who did not respond to both a proteasome inhibitor and an immunomodulatory agent.

Daratumumab injection is also used in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone, or bortezomib and dexamethasone, to treat patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least 1 previous treatment.

Daratumumab injection is also used together with bortezomib, melphalan, and prednisone to treat patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who cannot receive autologous stem cell transplant.

Daratumumab injection is also used in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone to treat patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least two treatments (including lenalidomide and a proteasome inhibitor).

Daratumumab is to be given only by or under the supervision of your doctor.

• Generic Name: hydrocortisone
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Cortef, Colocort, Cortenema, Cortifoam, Solu-Cortef

Hydrocortisone is a steroid medicine that is used in the treatment of many different conditions, including allergic disorders, skin conditions, ulcerative colitis, arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, or lung disorders.

Hydrocortisone is also used to replace steroids in people with adrenal insufficiency (decreased production of natural steroids by the adrenal glands).

Hydrocortisone affects your immune system and is often used to treat certain blood cell disorders such as anemia (low red blood cells) or thrombocytopenia (low platelets).

Hydrocortisone is also used in the treatment of certain cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma.

Hydrocortisone may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.