A 49-year-old member asked:
what side effects are associated with taxol (paclitaxel)?
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 25 years experience
Taxol (paclitaxel): Taxol (paclitaxel) has many potential side effects. See: http://www.drugs.com/sfx/taxol-side-effects.html
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Taxol (paclitaxel) side effects
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Dr. Visalakshi Valluryanswered
Family Medicine 24 years experience
Nausea and vomiting: Taxol (paclitaxel) is a medication that is used to treat some types of cancers. It works by preventing the growth of rapidly growing cells. The most common side effects of this medication are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle or joint pain, tingling and numbness of the hands or feet, temporary hair loss, anemia, dizziness, fatigue, irritation of the mouth, fever, increased liver enzymes.
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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 52 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 44-year-old member asked:
What exactly does Taxol (paclitaxel) affect?
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Stops cell division.: In order to grow and spread, cancer cells need to divide and make copies of themselves. In order to divide and make copies of itself, the cell must prepare by organizing a kind of internal scaffolding, called microtubules. Taxol (paclitaxel) works by preventing the microtubules from functioning properly. Consequently, the cells can't divide properly and cancer growth is slowed.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
What exactly is paclitaxel (onxol, taxol)?
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Dr. Paul Harperanswered
General Surgery 52 years experience
Drug from a tree: Taxol is a chemotherapy drug used commonly to treat breast cancer. It's generic name is paclitaxel. It is also used to treat ovarian, lung, prostate, bladder, melanoma, esophageal cancer and other solid tumor cancers. It is made fromthe pacific yew tree bark. It works by preventing the cancer cells from dividing and therefore stops their growth.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Who should avoid taking taxol (paclitaxel)?
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Precautions are...: The known cautions to taking Taxol (paclitaxel) include:
- low blood counts
- known hypersensitivity to castor oil
- pre-existing liver problems
- advanced age
check with your doctor to see if any of your other medications interact with taxol (paclitaxel).
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