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Helping Yourself During Chemotherapy
    Updated: 10/22/2001



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Ask your doctor before you take any other medicine

Chemotherapy uses drugs to fight your cancer.

Taking other medicine during treatment can cause problems. To get the best results:

Ask Your Doctor or Nurse

  • Tell your doctor about all other medicines you take, even if they're for birth control.
  • Tell your doctor about medicines another doctor gave you or that you bought at the store.
  • Don't take aspirin unless your doctor says it's O.K. Aspirin is in a lot of drugs. Ask the pharmacist if there's aspirin in any drug you're thinking about buying.

Don't take any medication unless your doctor says it's okay.

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