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Votrient 200mg is good treatment
My mother having sts ,soft tissue sarcoma,so dr suggest Votrient 200mg due this lockdown..so please advise me that is it good or not and what is side effects of it.
Is it like chemotherapy?
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The drug is a type of targeted therapy. Side effects may be many like nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, bleeding etc... but then all drugs have side effects. Whether this is necessary for your mother, for that I have to see all her reports etc
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Ideal dose is 800 mg but side effects like mouth ulcers,nail bed infection,,skin colour changes ,raised BP are to be monitored and then adjust the dose
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