CANCER pharm

[mountaindew2006]

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Hey guys..

just wondering. in FA it states the "clinical uses' of the various meds. is it important to know those? i figure just knowing SE and mOAS ???

cept possible that cytarbine does AML and busulfan does CML.....any thoughts 😎

t minus dos more days

 

[lf777]

Know more about SE and mOA. All these drugs can be used almost with anything... but stuff like gleevac for CML is obviously important.

good luck !!!

lf

 

[inositide]

The step 1 doesnt ask too many questions about cancer drug pharm because the uses overlap a lot. The only thing that could be asked is general stuff like which drug interferes with folate metabolism, answer would be something like methotrexate. It's not important to know that drug X is for cancer a,b, and c because that could be really variable and is probably beyond the scope of step 1.

 

[bigfrank]

I would focus exclusively on MOA and side effects. The Step I will NOT expect that you know indications for individual drugs. After hearing Heme/Oncs talk about pharmacological options, I feel that they sometimes don't have a clear answer.

 

[PACtoDOC]

concur!!! SE and MOA...but mostly SE!! I had one question asked 3 different ways about a particular common chemo drug. And I promise I gave about 10 total minutes to cancer drugs! SE...SE....and then more SE...then MOA....then more SE.