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How Safe Is To Take Steroids For Entire Course Of Chemo?
56 yo female, overweight , asthma , and basically unhealthy. dx with stage iv bowel ca with liver mets. has had one chemo tx that did not work. moved her to a stronger chemo cocktail and tumor markers are rising. has had only 2 tx of this type. took steroids for 3 days after tx and felt ok. now off and feels worse. can you take steroids for the entire course of chemo. she is very depressed and anxious and has trouble breathing without an inhaler.
Mon, 22 Sep 2014
hello,thanks for your query, carcinoma of colon with meatastasis on chemo, with ashtma can continue steroidal inhaler. as such steroid will be in minute amount when compare to oral and systemic absorption is less.however steroids is an immunosppressive drug, can cause fungal infections in carcinoma patients. hope i have answered your query. all the best. take care.
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