Adverse Effects of Anticancer Medicines on Human Body

Published Categorized as Oncology Drugs, Pharma Articles

Anticancer medicines are the group drugs indicated for cancer treatment, in chemotherapy.

Some of anticancer drugs are also carcinogenic in nature and also have some adverse effects.

Manufacturing of Anticancer medicines is not an easy task as it requires more precautions. So there are very less a manufacturer who deals with manufacturing of anticancer capsules. As from my knowledge Affy group is one of organisation who deals with manufacturing of Oncology Injection in India.

Adverse Effects of Anticancer Medicines

  • Some of anticancer drugs causes Nausea, sickness in most of the patients, it will also make you to feel low.
  • Anticancer drugs may cause bleeding, sometimes breathlessness and infections.
  • Patients on chemotherapy experienced hair loss, hair thinning, hair damage. Anticancer drugs have harmful effects on hairs.
  • Some patients also feel tiredness, fatigue while taking cancer treatment.
  • Anticancer drugs also affects patient appetite, many patients experienced lose of appetite and change in their taste buds.
  • Anticancer drugs also cause Constipation, Diarrhoea, heart burn and sometimes indigestion in patients taking these drugs.
  • Sometimes anticancer medicines also caused mouth ulcer in some patients taking anticancer drugs.
  • Anticancer medicines also affect skin and nails of patients. Blackening and yellowing of nails and skins has been reported in some patients taking anticancer medicines.
  • Anticancer medicines also affect sex life and fertility in patients taking these medicines.
  • Anticancer drugs also affect patients kidney functions, liver function, heart functions as well as lungs functions.
  • Anticancer medicines have some adverse effects on nervous system of patients also.
  • Anticancer drugs have also some adverse effects on Eyes and eyesight of the patients. Sometimes it also cause cataract in some patients.

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