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To: Cymeed who wrote (545)12/18/1997 6:08:00 PM
From: seminole  Respond to of 887
 
Cymeed

I have worked with cancer drugs for ten years and
cancer drug toxicity is always a problem.

Not much information but here is a report

www1.newsalert.com richard



To: Cymeed who wrote (545)12/18/1997 6:11:00 PM
From: chirodoc  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 887
 
<<<<<Can the delivery system be toxic ?

But I thought the drug is a proven medicine already, at least that's what Tom D. described.

...doubt delvivery is toxic--it is merely a lipid (fat) matirix. however, it is possible that by keeping the medication in the spinal canal so long, it has more chance to cause inflammation of the spinal nerves (arachnoiditis).