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As effective as Irinotecan but with less side effects:ATT-11T

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  • traci43
    traci43 CSN Member Posts: 771 Member
    Fewer side effects! Sign me up!

    Wow someone has come up with a drug with fewer side effects, what a novel idea. LOL Tongue Out  Thanks for sharing the articles.  Hope that gets through clinical trials fast.

  • coloCan
    coloCan CSN Member Posts: 1,944 Member
    traci43 said:

    Fewer side effects! Sign me up!

    Wow someone has come up with a drug with fewer side effects, what a novel idea. LOL Tongue Out  Thanks for sharing the articles.  Hope that gets through clinical trials fast.

    St John's Wort and irinotecan

    Tho definitely a nondefinitive study,the following article indicates negative impact on efficacy of irinotecan if one is also taking (for whatever reason)St John's Wort

    www.newsfix.ca/2013/07/02/herbal-remedy-interacts-with-anti-cancer-drug/

    PS: if you haven't read or heard anything on MGN 1703 visit your favorite medical info site....Results thus far seem promising....