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What are some rarely North American animals and plants?
Vincristine, Periwinkles
What are two examples of chemotherapeutic drugs is used to treat cancer?
Vincristine and Adriamycin
Why does the vincristine drug damages the mitotic spindle?
vincristin is fatal to the cell because it disrupt the formation of the cell
Why vincristine and adriamycin fatal to cell?
These are common chemotherapy drugs that stop cells from dividing thus leading the cells to die.
How do you treat cll?
treatments for Chronic Lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) include fludarabine and rituximab, alemtuzumab, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisone, and many moe.
What drug combinations are commonly used in treatment of small cell lung cancer?
cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan), doxorubicin (Adriamycin), and vincristine (Oncovin), or etoposide and cisplatin.
What plant alkaloids are used to treat cancer?
Plant alkaloids prevent cells from dividing normally. Vinblastine and vincristine are plant alkaloids obtained from the periwinkle plant.
What drugs are used in chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease?
MOPP (either mechlorethamine or methotrexate with Oncovin, procarbazine, prednisone) and ABVD (Adriamycin or doxorubicin, bleomycin, vincristine, dacarbazine).
How does pacilitaxel help in cancer?
Inhibits the M phase of cell growth. Vincristine and Vinblastine work in the same way and more info is available on this other two drugs.
What chemotherapeutic regime is sometimes recommended to treat MALT lymphoma?
At present, a chemotherapeutic regime designated CHOP includes the anti-cancer drugs cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone.
What drugs may cause dysgeusia?
Examples of drugs that are known to cause dysgeusia include lithium, penicillamine, procarbazine, rifampin, vinblastine, vincristine, captopril, griseofulvin, and thyroid medications.
What drugs should be avoided by someone with CMT?
Examples of drugs to be avoided include alcohol, high doses of vitamins A and D, penicillin, taxol, and certain chemotherapy medications (vincristine, cisplatin).
