Ethyol

Ethyol protects the kidneys during chemotherapy. Keep all appointments with your doctor and laboratory.

Ethyol Overview

Updated: 

Ethyol is a prescription medication used to protect the kidneys during chemotherapy and reduces dry mouth during radiation.  Ethyol belongs to a group of drugs called cytoprotectants.  These work by protecting against the harmful effects of chemotherapy medications and radiation treatment.

This medication is available in an injectable form to be given directly into a vein (IV) by a healthcare professional.

Common side effects of Ethyol include nausea, vomiting, and low blood pressure.

How was your experience with Ethyol?

First, a little about yourself

Tell us about yourself in a few words?

What tips would you provide a friend before taking Ethyol?

What are you taking Ethyol for?

Choose one
  • Other
  • Drug Toxicity
  • Kidney Failure, Acute
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic
  • Radiation Injuries, Experimental

How long have you been taking it?

Choose one
  • Less than a week
  • A couple weeks
  • A month or so
  • A few months
  • A year or so
  • Two years or more

How well did Ethyol work for you?

Did you experience many side effects while taking this drug?

How likely would you be to recommend Ethyol to a friend?

Uses of Ethyol

Back to Top

Ethyol is a prescription medication used to treat the following:

  • protect the kidneys against the harmful effects of the chemotherapy drug cisplatin for the treatment of ovarian cancer.
  • reduce dry mouth caused by radiation treatment after surgery for head and neck cancer.

This medication may be prescribed for other uses.  Ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.

Generic

Back to Top

Amifostine

For more information on this medication choose from the list of selections below.

Ethyol Drug Class

Back to Top

Ethyol is part of the drug class:

Side Effects of Ethyol

Back to Top

Serious side effects have been reported with Ethyol.  See the "Drug Precautions" section.

Common side effects of Ethyol include nausea, vomiting, and low blood pressure.

This is not a complete list of Ethyol side effects.  Ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.

Tell your doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.

Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects.  You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

Contributors

All RxWiki content including health news, medication pages, and condition pages published prior to February 2023, was written and maintained by on-staff pharmacists. Please be advised that this content is no longer actively maintained and may now contain outdated information. If you have any questions regarding previously published content, please contact support@rxwiki.com.