Los sitios web que se enumeran a continuación ofrecen bases de datos informativas gratuitas que describen cómo funcionan los medicamentos individuales, los cánceres para los que generalmente se prescriben, las precauciones de seguridad y los posibles efectos secundarios. Cada enlace lo llevará al sitio web de esa organización.
Sus medicamentos pueden ser más eficaces, y mucho más fáciles de administrar, si sigue algunas pautas simples.
Cancer treatment may require complex medications that require special handling. “Specialty pharmacies” offer extra services to help people with cancer obtain and manage their cancer medicines.
Your medications can be more effective—and a whole lot easier to manage—if you follow a few simple guidelines.
People with cancer often take dietary and herbal products to boost health, improve nutrition, or reduce treatment side effects. However, these products are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration like drugs and may interact with standard cancer treatments.
In this podcast, two oncology pharmacists share about their role on the cancer care team. Hear from experts R. Donald Harvey, PharmD, FCCP, BCOP and John Valgus, PharmD, BCOP, CPP.
Oncology pharmacists are experts in the medications used to treat cancer, as well as the medications used to manage symptoms and side effects. Learn more about the role oncology pharmacists play in the cancer care team from a group of experts.
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Pharmacogenomics studies how medicine interacts with inherited genes. This includes how inherited genes affect the way medications work for each person. Genetic differences mean that a drug can be safe for one person but harmful for another. One person may experience severe side effects from it. Another may not, even when given a similar dose.
The websites listed below offer free informational databases that describe how individual medications work, the cancers they are generally prescribed for, safety precautions, and possible side effects. Each link will take you to that organization's website.
