About Gemzar

Approximately 350,000 people in the United States are living with lung cancer at any given time.
In the United States, 80% to 85% of those diagnosed with lung cancer have non-small cell lung cancer.

"Why me?" is a question most people diagnosed with cancer ask themselves. Although lifestyle decisions such as smoking can increase the risk for non-small cell lung cancer, the disease can strike men and women who have never smoked.

GEMZAR is used in combination with cisplatin (another type of chemotherapy) for the first-line treatment of patients with locally advanced (stage IIIA or stage IIIB) or metastatic (stage IV or cancer that has spread) non-small cell lung cancer for whom surgery is not possible.

More about GEMZAR and Carboplatin. Carboplatin is less effective than Cisplatin. The most inetresting thing s that: Carboplatin has a half-life of about 30 hours in the body. It comes out in the urine, and it is even possible to recover the platinum from the urine.
The most troubling effect of carboplatin tends to be damage to the bone marrow, in a process called myelosuppression. This leads to anemia. Blood cells produced by the marrow can drop to 10% of normal levels. This level bottoms out a few weeks after carboplatin administration.


Other reported side effects:


loss of appetite or weight
stomach pain
diarrhea
constipation
peripheral neuropathy
nausea and vomiting
changes in vision and taste
mouth blistering
fatigue These are common side effects of many chemotherapy drugs, especially the alkylating agents. Carboplatin also is known to damage the kidneys (it is nephrotoxic) and the inner ear (in a process called ototoxicity.)

Fatigue is a common side effect of cancer that can be caused by the disease itself, chronic pain, depression or emotional distress. Another cause is poor nutrition brought on by treatment side effects such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and an altered sense of taste and smell.

The food you eat provides your body with the nutrients it needs to function each day. When you don't eat well, your body doesn't have the fuel it needs and you tire very easily.

There are many ways to improve your energy level. Check out Vision products. Of course, first of all you need to consult with your physician to make your choise.