Pentothal and Reglan (Metoclopramide Injection Solution)

• Generic Name: thiopental
• Dosage Forms: injection, powder, for solution
• Other Brand Names:

Pentostatin belongs to the group of medicines called antimetabolites. It is used to treat a type of cancer of the white blood cells called hairy cell leukemia. Pentostatin may be used in patients with hairy cell leukemia who have already been treated with other medicines (e.g., alpha-interferon) that did not work well.

Pentostatin interferes with the growth of cancer cells, which are eventually destroyed. Since the growth of normal body cells may also be affected by pentostatin, other effects may also occur. Some of these may be serious and must be reported to your doctor. Other effects may not be serious but may cause concern. Some effects may not occur for months or years after the medicine is used.

Before you begin treatment with pentostatin, you and your doctor should talk about the good pentostatin will do as well as the risks of using it.

Pentostatin is to be administered only by or under the immediate supervision of your doctor.

• Generic Name: metoclopramide
• Dosage Forms: injection, solution
• Other Brand Names: Reglan, Metozolv ODT

• This medicine is not approved for use in children. However, the doctor may decide the benefits of taking Reglan (metoclopramide injection solution) outweigh the risks. If your child has been given Reglan (metoclopramide injection solution), ask the doctor for information about the benefits and risks. Talk with the doctor if you have questions about giving Reglan (metoclopramide injection solution) to your child.