CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE vs GEMCITABINE

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

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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'

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My husband (41, M) was just diagnosed in November with stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma. We have a 19 month old son and we had our lovely wedding in September. We’re shocked and devastated. His metastasis is extensive. He just started cisplatin and gemcitabine. He also tested MSI-high positive, making him

My mother's 4-month battle with pancreatic cancer ended recently. My family and I are devastated, as she was the backbone of our family, and a light loved by so many. While I'm glad her suffering didn't last too long, I wonder if we could have ended up somewhere different if we had made different ch

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Mum was diagnosed with stage IV & mets to the liver back in August 2022. She has been on Gemcitabine+Abraxane since September. She received her 3rd scan update this week. The first showed not much change, the 2nd showed that the pancreatic tumour had gotten smaller and the 3rd has shown that bot

Hello, Wanted to get everyone's opinion on how you dispose of a catheter bags containing chemotherapy (mitomycin, gemcitabine, etc) after bladder instillation. I know some institutions will have the patient empty into a toilet and then will clean the toilets between patients, but I'm wondering speci