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Re: Adriamycin Heart Damage

Posted by Robin on 9/5/2007, 4:38 pm, in reply to "Adriamycin Heart Damage"
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Hi Robin, I am sorry about your cardiomyopathy. The damage done to the heart by Adriamycin has been known for at least 25 years (when I was in pharmacy school.) With cancer survivors, the effects may occur even a long time after the administration of Adriamycin. That is why there is a maximum lifetime dose. Symptoms could be the irregular heart beats that you experience, trouble breathing, tiredness, swelling of your ankles and probably more. I believe the treatment is dependent on what the symptom is. Women are treated with cardiac medications. So - when is my shortness of breath from Adriamycin or met to lung? What a circle. I hope that your symptoms are benign. Nancy

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