Cancer Drug Thalomid (thalidomide) can Cause Serious Side Effects, Including Secondary Cancers
Thalomid May Cause Serious Side Effects. Thalomid (thalidomide) capsules are used to treat multiple myeloma, which is a cancer of the plasma cells; these are a type of white blood cell that helps the immune system protect the body against germs and other harmful substances. But while Thalomid is supposed to treat cancer, it … [Read more...]
Avastin Eye Treatment Infections
Eye Infections Linked to Avastin Eye Treatment. An off-label use of the cancer drug Avastin has been linked to serious eye infections that, in some cases, have resulted in permanent blindness. All of these eye infections occurred in people who received Avastin injections in the eye to treat wet age-related macular … [Read more...]
Another Gleevec Side Effect
Gleevec Side Effect. French doctors have are now reporting a possible new side effect linked to Gleevec. Gleevec, generically known as imatinib, is a cancer drug most commonly used in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia and gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Earlier this year, a case report by Greek doctors suggested that … [Read more...]
Cancer Drug May Pose Heart Danger
Cancer Drug May Cause Heart Problems. A successful cancer-fighting drug may also damage the heart, although a researcher says leukemia patients who need Gleevec should not abandon it. While effectively treating cancer, Gleevec can lead to heart failure in some patients, said Dr. Thomas Force, who teaches medicine at Jefferson … [Read more...]
Zevalin Drug Safety
FDA And Biogen Idec Drug Safety Alert. Biogen Idec, the world’s fourth largest biopharmaceutical company, has notified healthcare professionals of a significant revision to BOXED WARNINGS, WARNINGS, and ADVERSE REACTIONS sections of the Prescribing Information for the cancer drug Zevalin. The alert and warning revision describe … [Read more...]
Jaw Disease Found in Patients Using Cancer Drug
Cancer Drug May Cause A Bone Disease. A a common chemotherapy drug may cause a serious bone disease called "osteonecrosis of the jaw" (ONJ), according to doctors at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center. The discovery, published in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, prompted both the US Food and Drug Administration … [Read more...]
Tamoxifen Drug Warning
Cancer Drug Tamoxifen Safety Warnings. Health officials are warning older women who are taking the drug tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer that it may put them at increased risk of cancer of the uterus, stroke and blood clots in the lungs. "These risks apply specifically to elderly women on the drug and not to younger women taking … [Read more...]
