Showing posts with label oral chemotherapy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oral chemotherapy. Show all posts
Monday, April 30, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Oral Therapies and Food: To Eat or Not to Eat? - Cancer Network
"As the treatment of cancer shifts increasingly more toward oral therapies, patients are now partly responsible for when and how they take their medication. Despite the potential for increased absorption if taken with food, most oncology drug labels warn patients to take the drug while fasting.
Last fall, Dr. Mark J Ratain brought up the issue of increased utilization of oral cancer treatment in the context of patient adherence and optimal utilization in the Journal of Clinical Oncology article, "Flushing oral oncology drugs down the toilet."[1]......
Monday, September 13, 2010
Inconsistent Labeling of Food Effect for Oral Agents across Therapeutic Areas: Differences between Oncology and Non-Oncology Products — Clinical Cancer Research
Conclusions:
Drug labeling patterns with respect to food-drug interactions observed with oncology drugs are in contradiction with fundamental pharmacologic principles, as exemplified in the labeling of non-oncology drugs.
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