Patient Teaching Info for Chemotherapy Drugs and Supportive Drugs

Here is a link to an extensive list of patient teaching materials on chemotherapy drugs and chemotherapy supportive drugs from the University of Pittsburgh School of Health Sciences.

Common drugs given to cholangio patients can be searched here, i.e. Cisplatin, Gemcitabine (Gemzar), Megace (Megestrol), Dexamethasone (Decadron), Filgrastim, Epogen, Prednisone, Irinotecan, 5-Fu, Nivolumab, Pembrolizumab (Keytruda), 5HT3 antagonists (Kytril, Zofran, Aloxi), etc.

http://www.upmc.com/patients-visitors/education/cancer-chemo/Pages/default.aspx

This website is a wealth of information for patients and caregivers! Once you click on the above link, you may view any of the other patient teaching topic links found on the left of the linked website page. There is an entire section dedicated to gastrointestinal, radiation, nutrition and diet, pain control, and so on.

-Karen