Diprivan and Ramucirumab Intravenous

• Generic Name: propofol
• Dosage Forms: injection, emulsion
• Other Brand Names: Diprivan, Propoven

Diprivan (propofol) slows the activity of your brain and nervous system.

Diprivan is used to help you relax before and during general anesthesia for surgery or other medical procedures.

Diprivan is also used to sedate a patient who is under critical care and needs a mechanical ventilator (breathing machine).

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

Ramucirumab injection is used alone or together with paclitaxel to treat advanced stomach or gastroesophageal junction cancer (cancer that has already spread) after a patient has received other cancer medicines. It is also used in combination with docetaxel to treat metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (cancer that has already spread) in patients who have received other cancer medicines. Ramucirumab is also used in combination with folinic acid, 5-fluorouracil, and irinotecan (FOLFIRI) to treat metastatic colorectal cancer (cancer that has already spread) in patients who have received other cancer medicines.

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