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Targeting tumours with novel radiopharmaceuticals

European Pharmaceutical Review

With alpha particles, you must be very careful how the drug is made to ensure that the compound remains stable between manufacturing and use. How do you perceive radiopharmaceuticals complementing existing cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy and immunotherapy? What do you envision the future of radiopharmaceuticals to be like?

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Novartis’ Pluvicto presents survival benefit for castration-resistant prostate cancer

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Pluvicto becomes the first PSMA-targeted intravenous radioligand therapy – combining a targeting compound or ligand with a therapeutic radionuclide or radioactive particle (in this case, lutetium-177) – to demonstrate clinical benefit in mCRPC patients before receiving taxane-based chemotherapy.

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Ondansetron for cats: Dosage and safety

The Checkup by Singlecare

Ondansetron for cats is an extra-label use of the drug. The most common reasons ondansetron is needed in cats are chemotherapy, drug treatment, and pancreatitis (inflamed pancreas). Chemotherapy and drug-induced vomiting Like dogs and humans, cats can get malignant cancers that require chemotherapy.

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Ondansetron for dogs: Dosage and safety

The Checkup by Singlecare

In human patients, it’s used to treat vomiting and nausea due to cancer chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Veterinarians commonly use ondansetron for chemotherapy, but its use in dogs is “ off-label.” Nausea-inducing chemotherapy is a common reason veterinarians give dogs ondansetron. Can dogs overdose on ondansetron?

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Who should not take probiotics?

The Checkup by Singlecare

These compounds may trigger headaches and migraines in some people. If your immune system is compromised due to medication, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy, probiotics may increase the risk of developing a bacterial or fungal infection. Biogenic amines have been found to a much lower degree in some yogurts as well.

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Mirtazapine for dogs: Dosage and safety

The Checkup by Singlecare

For this reason, its use in dogs is off-label. Veterinarians may use it in a cat to prevent nausea and vomiting due to chemotherapy. So, read labels carefully. Pet parents will use tablets made for humans or mirtazapine custom-made by a compounding pharmacy. Its use as an antiemetic in dogs hasn’t been studied.

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Novel oral chemotherapeutic holds potential for stomach cancer patients

European Pharmaceutical Review

The availability of oral chemotherapy treatments would provide stomach cancer patients with the option of more efficacious drugs with improved tolerability in a more convenient dosage format” The poor clinical outcomes of stomach cancer make it a key target for drug development. Benefits of daily oral chemotherapy over IV.