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Tamsulosin was first marketed in 1996 under the trade name Flomax. The U.S. patent expired in October 2009. [26] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved generics in March 2010. [27] In 2010, tamsulosin was available as OTC medication in UK. [28] It is marketed by various companies under licence, including Boehringer Ingelheim and CSL.
Non-small cell lung cancer, oesophageal cancer, uterine cervical cancer, head and neck cancer and urothelial cancer: Nephrotoxicity, myelosuppression and nausea and vomiting (30-90%). Oxaliplatin: IV: Reacts with DNA, inducing apoptosis, non-cell cycle specific. Colorectal cancer, oesophageal cancer and gastric cancer
1966 – Taxol, anti-cancer compound, isolated from the yew plant; 1967 – Camptothecin, anti-cancer compound, isolated from the Camptotheca acuminata, the Chinese Happy Tree, which was used as a cancer treatment in traditional Chinese medicine. [23] It is the source of chemotherapy drugs: topotecan and irinotecan.
During my first family vacation after cancer therapies I learned that traveling post-treatment comes with some differences I didn’t see coming. 'Sadness would come up at unexpected moments ...
The era of cancer chemotherapy began in the 1940s with the first use of nitrogen mustards and folic acid antagonist drugs. The targeted therapy revolution has arrived, but many of the principles and limitations of chemotherapy discovered by the early researchers still apply.
This is because the brain has an extensive system in place to protect it from harmful chemicals. Drug transporters can pump out drugs from the brain and brain's blood vessel cells into the cerebrospinal fluid and blood circulation. These transporters pump out most chemotherapy drugs, which reduces their efficacy for treatment of brain tumors.
Intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (IFIS) is a complication that may occur during cataract extraction in certain patients. This syndrome is characterized by a flaccid iris which billows in response to ordinary intraocular fluid currents, a propensity for this floppy iris to prolapse towards the area of cataract extraction during surgery, and progressive intraoperative pupil constriction ...
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