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(also known as Doxorubicin, Hydroxyldaunorubicin)
Doxorubicin or adriamycin or hydroxyldaunorubicin is a DNA-interacting drug widely used in chemotherapy. It is an anthracycline and structurely closely related to daunomycin, and also intercalates DNA. It is commonly used in the treatment of uterine cancer and ovarian cancer, as well as some other cancers. more at Wikipedia

Treatment Success Rate

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Condition Members Success
Breast Cancer
96
97%
Rhabdomyosarcoma
8
100%
Ovarian Cancer
2
50%
Hidradenitis Suppurativa
2
50%
Acute Lymphocytic Leuke...
1
100%
Overall, 96% (115 Members) find Adriamycin helpful
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Adriamycin Reviews

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Worked at the time
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must've worked
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very tired...and weak. my son was 2 at the time he basically pulled me through
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I had four rounds of this with Cytoxin every 2 weeks. Worked fine. I pushed myself because of my kids and didn't have many side effects.
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Not too bad, medications helped the nausea and sinus headaches. Losing my long hair was a challenge. Fatigue.
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a/c chemotherapy. worst experience was losing my hair, eye lashes, eye brows. i was sick to my stomach for several days after every treatment and very tired.
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Had 1 treatment with #2 due on April 19th.Also get cytoxan. Will get every other week for 8 weeks then taxol for 4 weeks every other week.
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worst one for me, in hospital with last 2 treatments for 10 days a piece. Almost killed me with white count 0.3, hem-glo 4 and platlets were 40
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4 mthschemo
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I had 6 cycles
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