DDAVP Tablets and Kepivance

• Generic Name: desmopressin
• Dosage Forms: injection, tablet
• Other Brand Names: DDAVP, Nocdurna, DDAVP nasal, DDAVP Rhinal Tube, Noctiva, Stimate

DDAVP is a man-made form of a hormone that occurs naturally in the pituitary gland. This hormone is important for many functions including blood flow, blood pressure, kidney function, and regulating how the body uses water.

DDAVP is used to treat bleeding episodes in people with hemophilia A or von Willebrand's disease Type I.

DDAVP is also used to treat central cranial diabetes insipidus, and increased thirst and urination caused by head surgery or head trauma.

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

• Generic Name: palifermin
• Dosage Forms: injection, powder, lyophilized, for solution
• Other Brand Names: Kepivance

Kepivance (palifermin) is a manmade form of a human protein that affects growth of cells within the tissues lining your mouth and digestive tract (esophagus, stomach, and intestines).

Kepivance is used to help prevent or heal mouth sores and ulcers in people being treated with chemotherapy and stem cell treatment.

Kepivance is used in people receiving chemotherapy to treat blood cancers (Hodgkin's disease, multiple myeloma, leukemia). This medicine is not a treatment for the cancer itself.