What the FDA labels say about taking them together
Bendamustine and dehydrated alcohol
Bendamustine's FDA label (Vivimusta) of April 3, 2025 names dehydrated alcohol in its contraindications section; the dehydrated alcohol label PlainMeds reads does not name bendamustine. The bendamustine label: “CONTRAINDICATIONS VIVIMUSTA is contraindicated in patients with a known hypersensitivity to bendamustine, polyethylene glycol 400, dehydrated alcohol, or monothioglycerol History of a hypersensitivity reaction to …”
Check it at the source: the bendamustine FDA label on DailyMed (effective May 11, 2026, Meitheal Pharmaceuticals Inc.); the dehydrated alcohol FDA label on DailyMed (effective July 11, 2025, Ingenus Pharmaceuticals, LLC).
What does the bendamustine label say about dehydrated alcohol?
Vivimusta label (Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc., April 3, 2025), contraindicationsCONTRAINDICATIONS VIVIMUSTA is contraindicated in patients with a known hypersensitivity (e.g., anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions) to bendamustine, polyethylene glycol 400, dehydrated alcohol, or monothioglycerol [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.4 )] History of a hypersensitivity reaction to bendamustine, polyethylene glycol 400, dehydrated alcohol, or monothioglycerol.
Source: FDA drug label (Vivimusta, NDA212209), Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc., effective April 3, 2025 (SPL set 4df6548f-c4ad-4eb2-a54f-19766a3d90ca), via openFDA
Source: FDA drug label (Bendamustine), Meitheal Pharmaceuticals Inc., effective May 11, 2026 (SPL set 40f6f58d-d9ac-4f65-9fc7-16984bf1f180), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed
What does the dehydrated alcohol label say about bendamustine?
Dehydrated alcohol's label (effective July 11, 2025) does not name bendamustine in these sections. A label lists what its studies and reports found; it is not a complete list.
Source: FDA drug label (Dehydrated Alcohol), Ingenus Pharmaceuticals, LLC, effective July 11, 2025 (SPL set 1d5ec6f9-d58f-4651-a4a1-93fec13fd438), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed
These are the labels' own sentences. PlainMeds does not grade interactions; a pharmacist or prescriber can say what they mean for one person's medicines.
Both medicines on the record
| Bendamustine | Dehydrated alcohol | |
|---|---|---|
| Labeled for | Leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma | n/a |
| Boxed warning | No | No |
| Pharmacy cost (NADAC) | n/a | n/a |
| Shortage now | A presentation being discontinued | No current entry |
Source: FDA NDC Directory, CMS NADAC of October 7, 2026 and the FDA Drug Shortage Database (FDA files October 8, 2026)
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