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Unfortunately this is a pretty crappy video but it is the only one of chemo that I took so it will have to do.
I had 7 chemo treatments 1 week apart with radiation running concurrently. All of the below drugs were administered for each treatment with the exception of "Ativan" which I only received for the first two treatments and not for the last 5 treatments.
Aloxi: injection is used in adults to help prevent the nausea and vomiting that can happen on the day of treatment with certain chemotherapies
Decadron: is a trade name for the generic chemotherapy drug Dexamethasone. Decadron is classified as a glucocorticosteroid and has many uses in the treatment
Pepcid: (famotidine) is used to treat ulcers in the stomach and for conditions where the stomach produces too much acid.
Benadryl: Diphenhydramine is used to relieve red, irritated, itchy, watery eyes; sneezing; and runny nose caused by hay fever, allergies, or the common cold. Diphenhydramine is also used to relieve cough caused by minor throat or airway irritation. Diphenhydramine is also used to prevent and treat motion sickness, and to treat insomnia (difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep). Diphenhydramine is also used to control abnormal movements in people who have early stage parkinsonian syndrome (a disorder of the nervous system that causes difficulties with movement, muscle control, and balance) or who are experiencing movement problems as a side effect of a medication.
Taxol: Paclitaxel is a mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy. It was discovered in a U.S. National Cancer Institute program at the Research Triangle Institute in 1967 when Monroe E. Wall and Mansukh C. Wani isolated it from the bark of the Pacific yew tree, Taxus brevifolia and named it taxol. When it was developed commercially by Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) the generic name was changed to paclitaxel and the BMS compound is sold under the trademark TAXOL. In this formulation, paclitaxel is dissolved in Cremophor EL and ethanol, as a delivery agent. A newer formulation, in which paclitaxel is bound to albumin, is sold under the trademark Abraxane.
Carboplatin: is a chemotherapy drug used against some forms of cancer (mainly ovarian carcinoma, lung, head and neck cancers).
Ativan: Ativan (lorazepam) is a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety disorders or anxiety associated with depression.
I had 7 chemo treatments 1 week apart with radiation running concurrently. All of the below drugs were administered for each treatment with the exception of "Ativan" which I only received for the first two treatments and not for the last 5 treatments.
Aloxi: injection is used in adults to help prevent the nausea and vomiting that can happen on the day of treatment with certain chemotherapies
Decadron: is a trade name for the generic chemotherapy drug Dexamethasone. Decadron is classified as a glucocorticosteroid and has many uses in the treatment
Pepcid: (famotidine) is used to treat ulcers in the stomach and for conditions where the stomach produces too much acid.
Benadryl: Diphenhydramine is used to relieve red, irritated, itchy, watery eyes; sneezing; and runny nose caused by hay fever, allergies, or the common cold. Diphenhydramine is also used to relieve cough caused by minor throat or airway irritation. Diphenhydramine is also used to prevent and treat motion sickness, and to treat insomnia (difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep). Diphenhydramine is also used to control abnormal movements in people who have early stage parkinsonian syndrome (a disorder of the nervous system that causes difficulties with movement, muscle control, and balance) or who are experiencing movement problems as a side effect of a medication.
Taxol: Paclitaxel is a mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy. It was discovered in a U.S. National Cancer Institute program at the Research Triangle Institute in 1967 when Monroe E. Wall and Mansukh C. Wani isolated it from the bark of the Pacific yew tree, Taxus brevifolia and named it taxol. When it was developed commercially by Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) the generic name was changed to paclitaxel and the BMS compound is sold under the trademark TAXOL. In this formulation, paclitaxel is dissolved in Cremophor EL and ethanol, as a delivery agent. A newer formulation, in which paclitaxel is bound to albumin, is sold under the trademark Abraxane.
- Paclitaxel is now used to treat patients with lung, ovarian, breast cancer, head and neck cancer, and advanced forms of Kaposi's sarcoma. Paclitaxel is also used for the prevention of restenosis.
- Paclitaxel stabilizes microtubules and as a result, interferes with the normal breakdown of microtubules during cell division. Together with docetaxel, it forms the drug category of the taxanes. It was the subject of a notable total synthesis by Robert A. Holton.
Carboplatin: is a chemotherapy drug used against some forms of cancer (mainly ovarian carcinoma, lung, head and neck cancers).
Ativan: Ativan (lorazepam) is a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety disorders or anxiety associated with depression.