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A 31-year-old member asked:
What are some contraindications of taxol (paclitaxel)?
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Dr. Paul Harperanswered
General Surgery 54 years experience
Not too many: Taxol (paclitaxel) is contraindicated in patients who have a history of hypersensitivity reactions to Taxol (paclitaxel) or other drugs made in cremophor el (polyoxyethylated castor oil).
Taxol (paclitaxel) also should not be used in patients with solid tumors who have white counts of less than 1500 cells/mm3 or in patients with aids-related kaposi’s sarcoma with baseline white counts of less than 1000 cells/mm3.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Who should not use Taxol (paclitaxel)?
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Taxol (paclitaxel): TAXOL (paclitaxel) is contraindicated in patients who have a history of hypersensitivity reactions to TAXOL (paclitaxel) or other drugs formulated in Cremophor® EL (polyoxyethylated castor oil). TAXOL (paclitaxel) should not be used in patients with solid tumors who have baseline neutrophil counts of
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Dr. Heidi Fowler commented
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Provided original answer
< 1000 cells/mm3." See: http://www.rxlist.com/taxol-drug/overdosage-contraindications.htm
May 8, 2015
Last updated Mar 14, 2019
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