Side Effects Of Anticancer Drugs Ppt

Resistance to anticancer drugs mechanisms of resistance anticancer drugs affected increased dna repair alkylating agents formation of trapping agents alkylating agents changes in target enzymes or receptors.

Side effects of anticancer drugs ppt. These interactions may make side effects worse and affect how well chemo drugs work. Chemotherapy of anticancer drugs 1 s seetaram swmy m pharm asst. 2 cancer is a term used for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and are able to invade other tissues. Of pharmaceutical chemistry chilukur balaji college of pharmacy e mail.

Chemotherapy can cure cancer because it kills cells. The side effects vary from one drug to another for many reasons. Killing normal cells can cause some unpleasant side effects. Not all chemo drugs cause hair loss for example.

More commonly crystals in the urine risk is higher in people who are dehydrated and rarely interstitial nephritis and tubular necrosis. One of the characteristics that distinguish anticancer agents from other drugs is the frequency and severity of side effects at therapeutic doses. Under normal circumstances the number and growth of all our cells is a highly controlled mechanism. Some targeted drugs have very few side effects and others can cause more or more serious problems.

Chemotherapy drug interactions and side effects. Renal side effects have been reported with sulfonamide use. Anti cancer drugs cancer is the term we give to a large group of diseases that vary in type and location but have one thing in common. Sulphites or drugs with a sulfhydryl or sulfate group in their structure eg captopril morphine sulfate heparin sulfate do not need to.

When looking at how best to combine chemo drugs doctors must look at interactions between chemo drugs and other medicines the person is taking including over the counter medicines vitamins and supplements. Drug therapy may be used alone or in combination with other treatments such as surgery or radiation therapy. Etoposide gonadal hormones methotrexate vincristine vinblastine. Many chemotherapy drugs affect hair follicles and can cause hair loss within a few weeks of the first treatment hair loss.

Anti cancer drugs 1. It kills cancer cells and it can kill normal cells. Anti cancer drugs kill the cancer cell by first order kinetic means concentration dependent killing is done by anti cancer drugs. Targeted therapy drugs have different side effects than standard or traditional chemotherapy.

For complete cure of cancer all cancerous cells must be killed as single cell capable of producing cancer. Hair loss is perhaps the most infamous side effect of chemo treatments.