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Major Chemotherapy Toxicities - AntiNEOPlastic Man Mnemonic

Common Toxicities with Traditional Chemotherapeutic Medications 

Originally posted on pharmacologyweekly
Major Chemotherapy ... longer active) #Chemotherapy ... Toxicity #Toxicities #SideEffects ... #Adverse #Pharmacology ... AntiNeoplastic #Man #Oncology
Chemotherapy Toxicity Bear Mnemonic - Cumulatively Toxic Drugs and their Rescues
 • Asparagine: neurotoxicity
 • Cisplatin:
Chemotherapy Toxicity ... Cumulatively Toxic Drugs ... Bear #Mnemonic #Drugs ... #pharmacology # ... oncology #SideEffects
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
blockers which cause ... Antimalarial drugs ... Propranolol Chemotherapy ... widening #ECG #EKG #Pharmacology ... #Classes
Causes of Peptic Ulcer Disease
 • H. Pylori
 • NSAIDs
 • Gastric adenocarcinoma
 • Gastric lymphoma
Causes of Peptic ... lymphoma • Local drug ... eosinophilic and lymphocytic ... Hepatic artery chemotherapy ... • Recreational drugs
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
cytotoxic reaction to drug ... Systemic effect -> Nausea ... MoodStabilizers #Mechanism #SideEffects ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial & DMARD (disease modifying antirheumatic drug). It is currently being discussed as
antirheumatic drug ... tinnitus) and may cause ... It also can cause ... Hydroxychloroquine #HCQ #Pharmacology ... #SideEffects #AdverseEffects
Chemotherapy Agents with Possible Interactions with Warfarin 
the most common cause of fluctuating INR values in
Chemotherapy Agents ... the most common cause ... occurrence of drug ... #Pharmacology #Warfarin ... Increases #Decreases #Drug
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
, and/or limbs caused ... irreversible • Drug ... FirstGeneration #Mechanisms #SideEffects ... #pharmacology #
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
and petechiae Causes ... Dyskeratosis congenita • Drugs ... - Cytotoxic drugs ... /Chemotherapy ... Aplastic #Anemia #oncology
Idiopathic CD4 Lymphopenia (ICL) / Lymphocytopenia 

DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ICL
 • Persistent CD4 T-cell lymphopenia
 •
mL or 20% total lymphocyte ... ) • Drugs (corticosteroids ... . chemotherapy) ... #Differential #Causes