The Pharmacist's Guide to Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

More than likely, you’ve heard of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. But what are some of the other major side effects of chemo that can significantly impact oncology patients’ quality of life? This week, tl;dr is here to introduce you to another big, bad adverse effect of common cancer treatments - peripheral neuropathy.

Clinical, Pharmacy School, Practice, ResidencyStephanie KujawskiFebruary 16, 2022oncology pharmacy, chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, side effects of chemo, cancer treatment side effects

The Ultimate Guide to Oncology Pharmacy for the Non-Oncologist

Oncology pharmacy is hard.

Like, really hard.

You get a 3 - 5 week module during school. Maybe you have an APPE rotation. But there's just too much. Too many types of cancers. Too much history that explains how we got to where we are.

Clinical, Pharmacy School, Practice, ResidencyBrandon DysonJuly 31, 2016oncology, oncology pharmacy, cinv, ESA, G-CSF, GM-CSF, chemotherapy, Monoclonal Antibodies, -mab, tyrosine kinase inhibitor, TKI, neutropenic fever, febrile neutropenia, chemotherapy cheat sheet, hypercalcemia of malignancy, tumor lysis syndrome, colony stimulating factors, cytotoxic, chemo, cancer, oncology clinical pearls, chemotherapy clinical pearls, chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting, cinv clinical pearls, cancer clinical pearls, erythropoietin stimulating agents, ESA APPRISE, platelet stimulating agents, infusion reaction, Anticoagulation, anticoagulation in cancer patients, tyrosine kinase inhibitor clinical pearls, monoclonal antibody clinical pearls, carboplatin, carboplatin dosing, the calvert formula, dose limiting toxicity, oncology cheat sheet, targeted therapy cheat sheet, chemo cheat sheet