anticancer chemotherapy
Melphalan
Treats a cancer. This molecule appears in 147 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
- 147
- 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. Its prescription and administration take place in a specialised setting, often in hospital.
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
- ALKERAN
- DEMEPHAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
No name matches.
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France4
- ALKERAN
- PHELINUN
- MELPHALAN SUN
- MELPHALAN TILLOMED
Germany9
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELPHALAN
- MELPHALAN AMAROX
- MELPHALAN AQVIDA
- MELPHALAN HIKMA
- MELPHALAN PUREN
- MELPHALAN RATIOPHARM
Spain6
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- MELFALÁN ASPEN
- MELFALAN HIKMA
- MELFALAN TARBIS
- MELFALAN ZENTIVA
Italy5
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- MELFALAN HIKMA
- MELFALAN SUN
- MELFALAN TILLOMED
United Kingdom7
- MELPHALAN
- MELPHALAN ACCORD-UK
- MELPHALAN AMAROX
- MELPHALAN ASPEN
- MELPHALAN SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES EUROPE
- MELPHALAN TILLOMED
- MELPHALAN WAYMADE B.V.
Ireland4
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELPHALAN TILLOMED
Switzerland3
- ALKERAN
- PHELINUN
- MELPHALAN IDEOGEN
Austria7
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELPHALAN HIKMA
- MELPHALAN KOANAA
- MELPHALAN SUN
- MELPHALAN TILLOMED
Belgium6
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELFALAN TILLOMED
- MELPHALAN HIKMA
- MELPHALAN TILLOMED
Bulgaria2
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
Cyprus3
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELFALAN TILLOMED
Croatia4
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELFALAN PLIVA
- MELFALAN TILLOMED
Denmark5
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELPHALAN MACURE
- MELPHALAN SUN
Estonia3
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
Finland4
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELPHALAN MACURE
Greece4
- DEMEPHAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELPHALAN TILLOMED
Hungary4
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELPHALAN TEVA
- MELPHALAN ZENTIVA
Iceland3
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
Latvia4
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELPHALAN TILLOMED
Liechtenstein2
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
Lithuania4
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELPHALAN ZENTIVA
Luxembourg4
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELPHALAN AQVIDA
Malta2
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
Norway5
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELPHALAN MACURE
- MELPHALAN SUN
Netherlands9
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELFALAN AMAROX
- MELFALAN HIKMA
- MELFALAN TILLOMED
- MELFALANHYDROCHLORIDE SUN
- MELFALANHYDROCHLORIDE TEVA
- MELPHALAN EUGIA
Poland4
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELPHALAN ZENTIVA
Portugal7
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELFALANO EUGIA
- MELFALANO HIKMA
- MELFALANO PHARMEXON
- MELFALANO TEVA
Romania5
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELFALAN TEVA
- MELFALAN ZENTIVA
Slovakia4
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELPHALAN ZENTIVA
Slovenia5
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELFALAN TEVA
- MELFALAN TILLOMED PHARMA
Sweden5
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELFALAN SUN
- MELPHALAN MACURE
Czechia4
- ALKERAN
- PEPAXTI
- PHELINUN
- MELPHALAN ZENTIVA
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.