Drugs,drugs and more drugs! Your head will spin trying to remember all the drugs you will be taking. Not to mention trying to pronounce their names.
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If your treatment plan includes chemotherapy, you'll get to know
some of these drugs, often given in various combinations.
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Anthracylines are a group of chemotherapy drugs used to treat a
variety of childhood cancers.
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This type of medication is often used in the treatment of
several different kinds of cancers and other diseases.
Don't confuse this kind of steroid with the illegal, anabolic
type that have been used to bulk muscles!
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Anti-nausea (or anti-emetic) drugs will become your best friends
during your chemotherapy treatment. Your medical team is the best
source of information about which drugs will work best for you.
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You may be given various types of pain medications (often
referred to as "narcotics"). Your medical team is the best source
of information about which pain medications will best control your
pain, if you have any.
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The use of anti-depressants by young people with cancer is not
uncommon. Depression or feelings of sadness, disruption in your
eating or sleeping patterns, or having trouble coping with all that
is going on can occur anytime during or after your treatment.
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