Therapeutic Category
- Angiogenesis Inhibitor
- Immunosuppressant Agent
- Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Blocking Agent
Medication Safety Issues
Sound-alike/look-alike issues:
Thalidomide may be confused with flutamide, lenalidomide, pomalidomide
Thalomid may be confused with Revlimid, thiamine
High alert medication:
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) includes this medication among its list of drugs (contraindicated in pregnancy) which have a heightened risk of causing significant patient harm when used in error (High-Alert Medications in Community/Ambulatory Care Settings).
International issues:
Thalomid [US, Canada] may be confused with Thilomide brand name for lodoxamide [Greece, Turkey]
