Estra Pellets and Mapap Infants

• Generic Name: estradiol
• Dosage Forms: pellet, implantable
• Other Brand Names: Alora, Climara, Estradiol Patch, Menostar, Minivelle, Vivelle-Dot, Estraderm, Vivelle, Delestrogen, Depo-Estradiol, Divigel, Elestrin Pump, Estrasorb, EstroGel Pump, Evamist, Estrace, DepoEstradiol, Elestrin, Estradot, Estrogel, Femtrace, Femring, Gynodiol

Palliative treatment of metastatic and/or progressive prostate cancer.

Considered by many clinicians to be an alternative to conventional measures (e.g., orchiectomy, hormonal therapy); generally used in treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer.

Combination therapy with etoposide, paclitaxel, or vinblastine may result in higher objective response rates and greater improvements in subjective parameters (e.g., pain) for treatment of hormone-refractory disease.

• Generic Name: acetaminophen
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Mapap Infants, Tylenol Infants, Acephen, Feverall, Mapap, Actamin, Anacin AF, Apra, Bromo Seltzer, Children's Tylenol, Elixsure Fever/Pain, Medi-Tabs, Q-Pap, Silapap Childrens, Tactinal, Tempra Quicklets, Tycolene, Tylenol, Vitapap, Children's Silapap, Febrol Solution, Triaminic Fever Reducer, Genapap, Tylenol Junior, Children's Tylenol Meltaways, Junior Tylenol Meltaways, Ofirmev, Tylenol 8 Hour, Tylenol Arthritis Pain, Tylophen

• It is used to ease pain and fever.