How is it used?

Before taking

While taking

Warnings

Your doctor has ordered the drug dactinomycin to help treat your illness. The drug is given by injection into a vein.

This medication is used to treat:

• Wilms' tumor
• rhabdomyosarcoma
• Ewing's sarcoma
• trophoblastic neoplasms
• testicular carcinoma

This medication is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.

Dactinomycin is a type of antibiotic that is only used in cancer chemotherapy. It slows or stops the growth of cancer cells in your body. The length of treatment depends on the types of drugs you are taking, how well your body responds to them, and the type of cancer you have.

Dactinomycin is also used to treat various sarcomas, carcinomas, and adenocarcinomas. It has also been used to treat Kaposi's sarcoma; to manage acute organ rejection in patients with kidney or heart transplants; in the treatment of malignant melanoma, acute lymphocytic leukemia, and advanced tumors of the breast and ovary; and in the treatment of Paget's disease. Talk to your doctor about the possible risks of using this drug for your condition.

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