What do they do when a cancer patient is allergic to the treatment they require?
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They will start thinking about a funeral
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If its chemotherapy then there a number of alternative drugs or drug combinations that they can try. Somethimes, a certain drup will not work on certain people and so they adopt the same approach then too,
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If so, they will start a funeral
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We have a friend that has been getting sick we than do allot of praying
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Often the first thing they try is antihistamines like Benadryl and Pepcid. Some chemo agents are very susceptible to reactions. Often they give Benadryl and Pepcid before they begin the chemo infusion. They also use steroids to (in part) suppress immune response to certain agents. If these things don't work, then they generally would discontinue using that particular drug and try another one.
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I had a lot of allergic reactions to some of the chemo and other meds. They loaded me up with benedryal and prednisone before each dose of the med that I was allergic to. The premeds kept me from having too bad of a reaction, but I ended up sleeping a LOT from all the benedryal.
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