Thursday, July 30, 2009

Why is it important to assess a patient's full medication history b4 commencing a course of cancer therapy?

81>What is the importance of having full medication history before a cancer patient is being treated with anti cancer therapy or supportive care therapy?
Reply:It is always important to assess a patient's full mx history b4 commencing a course of cancer therapy/ supportive care tx because:


1) to prevent drug-drug interaction/ disease-contraindication


2) allergy reaction


3) non-response therapy
Reply:There are some medications that do not react well if they are in the human body at the same time. The product of this reaction can make you sicker than you were to begin with.
Reply:some drugs that are used for treatment arent suitable for everyone so it's important to know a patients full medical history first.





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