Definition

A drug used in the emergency treatment of adults and children who receive too much fluorouracil or capecitabine or who have heart or central nervous system toxicity or other serious side effects that occur within 4 days of ending treatment with these drugs. Triacetyluridine may help protect healthy cells from some of the side effects caused by certain anticancer drugs. It is a type of chemoprotective agent and a type of pyrimidine analog. Also called PN401, uridine triacetate, and Vistogard.