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Rasburicase
Rasburicase (brand names: Fasturtec and Elitek) is a
recombinant
urate oxidase
enzyme
that does not occur in human organism. It is used for the prevention and treatment of
tumor lysis syndrome
in patients receiving
chemotherapy
for
hematologic
cancers
such as
leukemias
and
lymphomas
.It
catalyses
the conversion of
uric acid
to
allantoin
. Allantoin is much more
soluble
than uric acid, so
renal
excretion is more effective.
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Rasburicase
Rasburicase Warning - High-alert drug! Elitek, Fasturtek Pharmacologic class: Recombinant urate oxidase enzyme Therapeutic class: Antimetabolite [
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rasburicase
A drug that is used to treat high blood levels of uric acid in patients receiving treatment for cancer.
A Service of the
National Cancer Institute
.
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