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Dexamethasone is given to patients to prevent nausea and vomiting after surgery and during chemotherapy
This is often used to prevent eye conditions in patients with leukemia or lymphoma receiving chemotherapy
5 mg oral dose of dexamethasone is given
Typically, large doses of 10–20 mg of dexamethasone are given intravenously at initial presentation of patients with acute neurological symptoms secondary to a brain tumor or
Introduction
Purpose: To evaluate the clinical literature supporting reduced doses of dexamethasone to prevent taxane hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs), and edema/skin toxicities in respect to docetaxel, when taxanes are given weekly, as opposed to every 3 weeks
Given the side effects of long term high dose steroids, a single low dose of 10 mg of dexamethasone can be used to minimise both hypersensitivity reactions and steroid side effects in most patients
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prednisolone as monotherapy in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC)
Dexamethasone can affect growth in children
To prevent problems like allergic reactions during the infusion, the steroid drug dexamethasone is often given before each dose in the first cycle
It is also used in the prevention and treatment of altitude sickness
Dexamethasone belongs to the class of medicines known as corticosteroids
Delayed emesis, occurring more than 24 hours after chemotherapy
It: stimulates some of the immune system cells to attack the cancer cells
Melphalan–prednisone and vincristine–adriamycin–dexamethasone
Table 2 A single-institution phase 3 trial showed that olanzapine, when combined with a single dose of dexamethasone and a single dose of palonosetron, an HT 3 -receptor blocker, was effective in PURPOSE To update the guideline to include new anticancer agents, antiemetics, and antiemetic regimens and to provide recommendations on the use of dexamethasone as a prophylactic antiemetic in patients receiving checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs)
Vitamin B 12 1000 micrograms IM 7 days prior to treatment and every 3 cycles thereafter
It is a treatment for people with myeloma that has got worse despite having treatment (refractory) or has come back (relapsed)