ThyroShield and Zevalin

• Generic Name: potassium iodide
• Dosage Forms: oral solution
• Other Brand Names: IOSAT, ThyroSafe, ThyroShield, Pima, SSKI

ThyroShield is the potassium salt form of iodide, a naturally occurring substance.

ThyroShield can be used as an expectorant to thin mucus and loosen congestion in your chest and throat.

ThyroShield is used in people with chronic breathing problems that can be complicated by thick mucus in the respiratory tract, such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema.

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

• Generic Name: ibritumomab
• Dosage Forms: injection
• Other Brand Names: Y-90 Zevalin, In-111 Zevalin

Part of a specific therapeutic regimen (ibritumomab tiuxetan therapeutic regimen) for treatment of relapsed or refractory low-grade or follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) (designated an orphan drug by FDA for this use). Safety and efficacy not evaluated in patients with ≥25% involvement of bone marrow by lymphoma and/or impaired bone marrow reserve (e.g., prior myeloablative therapies, prior external beam radiation to >25% of active marrow, neutrophil count <1500/mm3).

Ibritumomab tiuxetan therapeutic regimen also used for consolidation treatment of newly diagnosed follicular NHL in patients who have achieved partial or complete response to first-line induction chemotherapy. Safety and efficacy not evaluated in patients with ≥25% involvement of bone marrow by lymphoma and/or impaired bone marrow reserve (e.g., prior myeloablative therapies, prior external beam radiation to >25% of active marrow, platelet count <150,000/mm3).