How long can you stay on Gemzar?

You usually have gemcitabine as a course of several cycles of treatment. This means that you have the drug and then a rest to allow your body to recover. Usually a cycle of gemcitabine is over 3 to 4 weeks (21 to 28 days). You usually have gemcitabine once a week for 2 or 3 weeks and then a week with no treatment.

Can you drink alcohol with Gemzar?

Alcohol Gemcitabine treatment contains alcohol (equal to half a glass of wine or half a pint of beer) and may make you drowsy or dizzy, especially if you have drunk alcohol. Don’t operate machinery or drive if you feel drowsy.

What is another name for Abraxane?

Nab-paclitaxel is a chemotherapy drug and is also known by its brand name, Abraxane. It combines the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel with a protein called albumin. It is a treatment for: breast cancer that has spread.

What is the cost of Abraxane?

The approximate retail price of Abraxane is usually around $10,342.42. Use a SingleCare Abraxane coupon to reduce the cost for Abraxane to $9,333.66.

What is cost of Gemzar?

The cost for Gemzar intravenous powder for injection 1 g is around $783 for a supply of 1 powder for injection, depending on the pharmacy you visit. Prices are for cash paying customers only and are not valid with insurance plans.

Does Abraxane shrink tumors?

Gemcitabine + Abraxane (paclitaxel protein-bound) is given to shrink tumors and alleviate symptoms of pancreatic cancer. It is commonly given with the goal of cure if the disease is not metastatic (spread outside the area of the pancreas) and when combined with surgery.

How much does Abraxane cost?

The cost for Abraxane intravenous powder for injection 100 mg is around $1,659 for a supply of 1 powder for injection, depending on the pharmacy you visit. Prices are for cash paying customers only and are not valid with insurance plans.

How common is neuropathy in patients with gemzar® and abraxane®?

In this study however, only 71% of the ABRAXANE® doses and 63% of the GEMZAR® doses were full doses, due to associated toxicities and 17% of the patients had grade 3 or 4 neuropathy.

Can Abraxane be given after gemcitabine?

Abraxane is always infused first to help boost the effect of gemcitabine Radiation therapy is NOT usually given within seven days of a full dose of gemcitabine. Your cancer doctor and/or radiation doctor should review the timing of gemcitabine with radiation if it is part of the treatment plan

Should Gemzar® and abraxane® be used biweekly for metastatic pancreatic cancer?

The authors concluded that a less intense biweekly regimen of GEMZAR® and ABRAXANE® preserves efficacy with significantly less toxicity as well as cost savings and should be a consideration, in the first line treatment of patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. This study received a Merit Award at the 2015 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.