Dacarbazine

17 interactions 393 cited references
Also sold as: DTIC-Dome®
About Dacarbazine

Dacarbazine is used to treat melanoma (a type of skin cancer) that has spread to other parts of your body. Dacarbazine is also used in combination with other medications to treat Hodgkin's lymphoma (Hodgkin's disease; a type of cancer that begins in a type of white blood cells that normally fights infection). Dacarbazi… Read the full Dacarbazine drug information page →

Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS
Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated Aug 10, 2026 · Editorial policy · Data sources

Sources: FDA prescribing information (Structured Product Labeling), the published literature cited in each entry, DDInter 2.0 (a major open-access drug-interaction database), and legacy DrugBank interaction data distributed by the NIH's RxNav service (decommissioned in 2024) — analyzed and reviewed by our pharmacist team. How we build this library →

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9 Contraindicated 7 Major 1 Moderate
All (17) Contraindicated (9) Major (7) Moderate (1)

Moderate

Dacarbazine Aldesleukin Proleukin In increased risk for hypersensitivity reactions (erythema, pruritus, hypotension) Details

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