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donocco · 09-23-2014, 03:22 PM

Rupali

I know the pharmacology of the drugs. The big one with Tykerb is diarrhea. When they were doing clinical tests on Lapatanib (Tykerb) it was hard to do a double blind study as it was quite obvious who was taking the active drug.

Xeloda is a prodrug that forms 5flurouracil in the body and the main side effect seems to be the hand foot syndrome. Im sure others will respond in more detail.

Paul

09-23-2014, 03:22 PM	#2
donocco Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 474	Re: Tykerb + Xeloda side effects and how to handle Rupali I know the pharmacology of the drugs. The big one with Tykerb is diarrhea. When they were doing clinical tests on Lapatanib (Tykerb) it was hard to do a double blind study as it was quite obvious who was taking the active drug. Xeloda is a prodrug that forms 5flurouracil in the body and the main side effect seems to be the hand foot syndrome. Im sure others will respond in more detail. Paul