Which of the following interventions achieves the best symptom control for a patient receiving erlotinib and...
Which of the following interventions achieves the best symptom control for a patient receiving erlotinib and experiencing diarrhea? a Request an order for loperamide. b Ensure daily oral intake equals 1000 mL. c Withhold therapy until symptoms resolve. d Increase the amount of parenteral fluid.
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Erlotinid is a chemotherapeutic agent used to treat cancers.
Erlotinid induced diarrhea called Chemotherapy induced diarrhea. Exact mechanism of diarrhea due to chemotherapy remain unknown.
But the therapy effective against the CID has invented.
The last consensus conference for the management of CID was published in 1998, and the resulting guidelines were last updated in 2004.
Loperamide, tincture of opium, and octreotide remain the only agents currently recommended by treatment guidelines, because of the lack of data supporting other therapies for CID.
Patients has to take minimum 2.5 L of oral fluid.
And therapy of Erlotinid should not stop.
Answer is
a. Request an order for loperamide
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