Vincristine: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Vincristine is a medicine sold in the U.S. under 2 brand and generic names. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Injectable
- Sold as
- 2 products — Vincristine Sulfate and Oncovin
- Prescription?
- Prescription only
- Generic available?
- Yes
Every vincristine product we track (2)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
| # | Drug | Rating | Type | Form | Generic? | Pharmacy pays | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 66/100 | Prescription | Injectable | No data | — | View → | |
| 2 | Not yet rated | Prescription | Injectable | No data | — | View → |
Vincristine and breastfeeding
From LactMed, the US National Library of Medicine’s Drugs and Lactation Database — quoted, not rewritten.
Full LactMed record for vincristine: levels in milk, effects in breastfed infants, and the drugs it would consider insteadMost sources consider breastfeeding to be contraindicated during maternal antineoplastic drug therapy. It is probably impractical to resume breastfeeding after vincristine therapy because of the drug's long half-life. Chemotherapy may adversely affect the normal microbiome and chemical makeup of breastmilk.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, record revised August 15, 2024. LactMed states its information is not a substitute for professional judgement.
What people report to the FDA about vincristine
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 29,839 reports naming vincristine, and the FDA flagged 97% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- febrile neutropenia4,492 reports
- pyrexia1,950 reports
- neutropenia1,786 reports
- sepsis1,123 reports
- vomiting1,047 reports
- nausea977 reports
- pancytopenia955 reports
- pneumonia951 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean vincristine caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved August 26, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
Can you take vincristine with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run vincristine against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What brand names is vincristine sold under?
We track 2 vincristine-containing products in the U.S.: Vincristine Sulfate and Oncovin. They are the same active ingredient; they differ in form, manufacturer, price and FDA recall record.
What forms does vincristine come in?
Across the brands we track, vincristine is currently marketed as injectable, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic vincristine?
Yes. Our catalog lists 1 generic vincristine product alongside the brand versions. A generic has the same active ingredient and must meet the FDA's bioequivalence standard; it usually costs less. Ask your pharmacist which one your plan covers.
Cite this page
- APA
- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Vincristine: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/vincristine
- MLA
- “Vincristine: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/vincristine.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for vincristine on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.