anticancer chemotherapy
Hydroxycarbamide
Treats a cancer. This molecule appears in 127 of the medicines we have indexed.
Do you need a supplement? No.
No supplement is warranted with this treatment. A varied diet remains the foundation.
Do you also take another treatment?
By the Layer Nutrition editorial teamHow the atlas classifies the 664 molecules
- Class
- anticancer chemotherapy cytotoxic
- Indexed medicines
- 127
- Our answer
- Nothing to add
- Updated
- October 2026
What this medicine is for
This molecule belongs to the “anticancer chemotherapy (cytotoxic)” category. This chemotherapy medicine acts against cancer cells; it is used in a specialised and strictly supervised setting.
In practice: Treats a cancer. It is part of specialised, closely monitored care.
The name on your box may be here.
These names come from the public registers of 32 countries: the ANSM for France, the AEMPS for Spain, the AIFA for Italy, the HPRA for Ireland, Swissmedic for Switzerland, and the European Medicines Agency for the others.
Most widespread
- HYDREA
- HYDROXYUREA MEDAC
- LITALIR
- ORIBAMIDE
- ARDJAQ
- HYDREASYN
- XYBAID
- ХИДРЕА
- HIDROKSISEČNINA APTAPHARMA
- HYDROXYKARBAMID MEDAC
- HYDROXYUREA
- ONCO CARBIDE
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France3
- HYDREA
- SIKLOS
- HYDROXYCARBAMIDE ARROW
Germany11
- ARDJAQ
- HYDROXYUREA
- LITALIR
- SYREA
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
- HYDROXYCARBAMID 1 A PHARMA
- HYDROXYCARBAMID AL
- HYDROXYCARBAMID DEVATIS
- HYDROXYCARBAMID HIKMA
- HYDROXYCARBAMID STADA
Spain4
- HYDREA
- SIKLOS
- HIDROXICARBAMIDA HIKMA
- HIDROXICARBAMIDA MEDAC
Italy3
- ONCO CARBIDE
- SIKLOS
- IDROSSICARBAMIDE AUROBINDO
United Kingdom5
- HYDREA
- SIKLOS
- HYDROXYCARBAMIDE
- HYDROXYCARBAMIDE HIKMA FARMACÊUTICA
- HYDROXYCARBAMIDE MEDAC
Ireland3
- HYDREA
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
Switzerland3
- LITALIR
- HYDROXYCARBAMID DEVATIS
- HYDROXYCARBAMID LABATEC
Austria7
- ARDJAQ
- HYDROXYUREA MEDAC
- LITALIR
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
- HYDROXYCARBAMID DEVATIS
- HYDROXYCARBAMID HIKMA
Belgium3
- HYDREA
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
Bulgaria3
- ХИДРЕА
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
Cyprus3
- HYDREASYN
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
Croatia4
- LITALIR
- XYBAID
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
Denmark4
- HYDROXYUREA MEDAC
- ORIBAMIDE
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
Estonia3
- HYDREA
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
Finland5
- HYDREA
- HYDROXYUREA MEDAC
- ORIBAMIDE
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
Greece3
- HYDREASYN
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
Hungary4
- LITALIR
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
- HYDROXYCARBAMIDE PHARMACENTER
Iceland3
- HYDROXYUREA MEDAC
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
Latvia3
- HYDREA
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
Liechtenstein2
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
Lithuania3
- HYDREA
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
Luxembourg4
- HYDREA
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
- HYDROXYCARBAMID DEVATIS
Malta3
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
- HYDROXYCARBAMIDE EUGIA
Norway4
- HYDROXYUREA MEDAC
- ORIBAMIDE
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
Netherlands5
- HYDROXYUREA MEDAC
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
- HYDROXYCARBAMIDE DEVATIS
- HYDROXYCARBAMIDE EUGIA
Poland5
- HYDROXYUREA MEDAC
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
- HYDROXYCARBAMID EUGIA
- HYDROXYCARBAMID TEVA
Portugal5
- HYDROXYUREA MEDAC
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
- HIDROXICARBAMIDA GENERIS
- HIDROXICARBAMIDA HIKMA
Romania3
- HYDREA
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
Slovakia4
- HYDROXYKARBAMID MEDAC
- XYBAID
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
Slovenia4
- HIDROKSISEČNINA APTAPHARMA
- LITALIR
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
Sweden5
- HYDREA
- HYDROXYUREA MEDAC
- ORIBAMIDE
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
Czechia3
- LITALIR
- SIKLOS
- XROMI
One answer out of three.
The atlas gives each molecule one of these three answers. Most call for nothing.
- Our formula31 molecules
- An active ingredient to consider59 molecules
- Nothing to add574 moleculesincluding this one
In the same family
- Paclitaxel, 308 indexed medicines, Nothing to add
- Azacitidine, 368 indexed medicines, Nothing to add
- Capecitabine, 234 indexed medicines, Nothing to add
- Oxaliplatin, 148 indexed medicines, Nothing to add
- Carboplatin, 124 indexed medicines, Nothing to add
- Gemcitabine, 153 indexed medicines, Nothing to add
Do you also take another treatment?
Type the name written on the box. The atlas gives you its answer.
For example Panadol, Doliprane or paracetamol.