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What do you suggest if my father takes sutent (sunitinib) for stage 4 kidney cancer & also has congestive heart failure.any meds he can take for it?
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Several.: This would best require a visit with a cardiologist, to review all his meds. It seems that beta blockers and diuretics would be ok with this protein kinase inhibitor.
Answered 8/7/2014
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Be careful: Advanced cancer of the kidney is hard to deal with. There is little to do although the sutent (sunitinib) is sometimes helpful. It will not cure it but can slow it down. You however need to talk to the doctor who prescribed as this can exacerbate the heart failure. The pt may want to continue the drug despite the CHF. This has to be decided by pt and physician weighing the benefits. Diuretics and b blockers
Answered 8/7/2014
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