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Showing posts with label drug interactions. Show all posts
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Monday, March 19, 2012

Oral Cancer Drugs Not Effective When Mixed With Some Other Medications - MediLexicon



Oral Cancer Drugs Not Effective When Mixed With Some Other Medications - MediLexicon

...........The cancer drugs which the researchers studied are called oral kinase inhibitors. They included:
  • imatinib (Gleevec®)
  • erlotinib (Tarceva®)
  • dasatinib (Sprycel®)
  • everolimus (Afinitor®)
  • lapatinib (Tykerb®)
  • nilotinib (Tasigna®)
  • pazopanib (Votrient®)
  • sorafenib (Nexavar®)
  • sunitinib (Sutent®)
The medications that pose a threat to the effectiveness of oncology drugs are:
  • calcium channel blockers
  • some antibiotics
  • antifungal agents
  • steroids
  • proton pump inhibitors..........

Sunday, August 15, 2010

abstract: Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology - Effects of herbal products on the metabolism and transport of anticancer agents



What the reader will gain: Potential interactions of herbal medicines with anticancer agents have become a safety concern in cancer chemotherapy.

Take home message
: Further studies are warranted to investigate the efficacy and safety profiles of herbal medicines commonly used by cancer patients.

Monday, February 01, 2010

Drugs A-Z List - A on RxList



This is a useful website for finding a lot of information relating to drugs, including chemotherapies. It includes drug interactions, warnings, generic names, pill identifier, medical dictionary etc. The website has been around for many years.