CISPLATIN vs CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE

Hi everyone. I am here because my husband has bladder cancer. He has been undergoing chemo since March. This next week was suppose to be the 12th week, and final infusion. This week, we received a strange call from his oncologist's office. They said the Dr. needed to speak to us. Due to coronavirus

31/Male 138lbs Asian/White Diagnosed late September with stage 4 signet ring adenocarcinoma of the urachus after partial cystocopy/partial bladder removal. Currently doing radiation to reduce tumor growth on spinal column and just completed my 6th cycle out of 10. Waiting to hopefully get into a cli

Why do I get so many advertisements, including on this site, making me aware of the PACIFIC data and role for this drug in unresectable lung cancer? Isn’t this 100% standard of care by now? What oncologist doesn’t know about this? This feels like getting ads akin to: “Click here to learn about cispl

Age:52,Southern Europe,Medications:vitamin/mineral supplements In January my dad was having problems with balance and after a MRI it was diagnosed with a water-filled cyst in right cerebellum,after surgical intervention biopsy came back and it was metastatic adenocarcinoma that was confirmed by a C

I’m hoping any oncology pharmacist out there might be able to help me. I’m a nursing manager of a new outpatient chemotherapy clinic. We are expanding and recently lost our pharmacist. We have yet to find a replacement, and in during this time, I’ve been tasked with writing some infusion guidelines

27M - 6’7”, 225lbs. White. Generally healthy before cancer. Bad at Reddit format. Diagnosed with stage 3 seminoma in July of this year. Had surgery and did four rounds of etoposide and cisplatin as chemotherapy. Seminoma did not present physically, only presentation was severe back pain. I have had

Demographics: 32 years old, male, caucasian. 5'-11", 225lbs. No drinking, smoking, or drug use. **Symptom History:** Back in July, after a relapse of my testicular cancer, I had major surgery (see below). In the week following, I had mild shortness of breath in the hospital but O2 levels were fine a

Hey pharmacy peeps Just wondering if anyone has experience with switching over to cyclophosphamide solution (1g/5ml) from cyclophosphamide powder. Cyclophosphamide solution is fairly new to the market (released July 2020 if I’m not mistaken) and I’m very tempted to switch over since reconstituting

25YRS OLD. MALE. AUSTIN TEXAS. SEDATED FOR 50+ DAYS NOW. CONTINUOUS SEIZURE ACTIVITY My 25year old brother has been in the hospital in Austin, Texas for the past 8 weeks with continuous seizure activity after many different types of treatments. He's had IVIG, plasmaphoresis, Retuxin and Cyclophosph

Age:19 years Sex: Female Weight: 170 Ibs (78Kg) Height 5'7" (170 cm) Race: White Length of Problem 4-6 Years. Location: Swelling in Brain and Spine. Loss of most motor functions in legs. Medications Taken in the past: >Prednisone IV 1000mg a day for 5 days straight, then 1000mg a week for 4 mont

Hello, 22 yo female,NOsmokeNOalcohol , 1,62 m 60 kg , multifocal breast cancer in left breast (her2,estrogen ) few lymphnodes involved, finished all my chemo (cyclophosphamide and epirubicin + paclitaxel and trastuzumab that I’ll keep having for a year) Taking zoloft 100 mg. No brca1 and brca2 malig

Age - 34 Sex - Female Height - 5'6" Weight - 115 lbs Race - Caucasian Duration of complaint - Start of each issue varies, all are currently present Location (Geographic) - Currently California, (Past residencies include Germany and Maryland) Any existing relevant medical issues - Answer given below

Researchers behind the RituxME trial, a multicenter placebo controlled, double blinded study with Rituximab (Mabthera) as the intervention arm presented these preliminary results at last weeks ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic fatigue syndrome) convention in Oslo, Norway: The RituxME trial w

My sister was diagnosed with cryptogenic organizing pneumonia in August of 2021 and it was brought under control with steroids but then she experienced a flare in Jan. of 2022 and died after a month in the hospital/ICU. Since she was not responding to the steroids/antibiotics in the hospital, is t

My mom is a 58-year-old Caucasian female (5'6", 160 lbs) diagnosed with stage 3 invasive ductal carcinoma (ER+/PR+, HER2-) six months ago. She’s currently undergoing chemotherapy (AC-T regimen: doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, paclitaxel) but has been struggling with severe fatigue and neuropathy. She

Is there some magical vial mixer out there that you guys use for cyclophosphamide? Nothing sets you back like getting a cytoxan order or two that you have to Shake Forever. We've let it sit before while mixing other things and absolutely nothing happens. I've researched vial mixers, but the ones I'