Myeloma treatment and side effects
Myeloma (also known as multiple myeloma) can't be cured yet, but it can be treated. There are many different treatments and more are being developed.
Treatment aims and types
Understand how myeloma treatments work and how treatment aims to get you into a stable phase called remission.
First line treatments
Find out what myeloma treatments doctors recommend first, including stem cell transplants using your own cells.
Relapsed myeloma treatment
What are the options if the myeloma comes back? Learn about lines of treatment when myeloma relapses.
Myeloma drugs A-Z
Check our A-Z list of drugs approved to treat myeloma, and how each one is usually taken - by tablet, injection or drip.
Treatment side effects
Find out about treatment side effects and the higher risk of infection. Know when to ask your hospital team for help.
Managing the effects of myeloma
Understand the symptoms and complications of myeloma, and why other specialists may get involved in your care.
How to support someone through treatment
You may be directly involved in caring for someone with blood cancer. You may just want to know how you can help. Either way, we have the information you need to support a loved one through their treatment.
This information has been accredited with the PIF TICK, the UK's only quality mark for trusted health information.
Last full review May 2026. Next full review due May 2029. We may make factual updates between reviews.
Thank you to Consultant Haematologist Dr Emma Searle and Myeloma Nurse Practitioner Amie Martin for checking the clinical accuracy of our myeloma information. Thanks also to Cecelia, Craig, Joan, Kaleigh, Kerry, Louise, Mart, Sandra, Scott for supporting this project and sharing their experience of living with myeloma.