Pharmaceutical Drugs

Author: The International Agency for Research on Cancer
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9283212509
Category: Medical

Pharmaceutical Drugs (IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risks to Humans)

Reports the deliberations of a working group convened to evaluate the carcinogenic risk to humans posed by the therapeutic use of 15 pharmaceutical drugs. Download Pharmaceutical Drugs medical books for free.
The volume features separate monographs on five antineoplastic agents, four antimicrobial agents, two diuretics, ciclosporin (an immunosuppressant), cimetidine (used in the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers), paracetamol (a popular analgesic and antipyretic drug), and dantron (a laxative). Drugs were selected for inclusion on the basis of published data suggesting carcinogenic effects in experimental animals or in human patients treated with the drug.

The working group identified two of the drugs - ciclosporin and thiotepa - as human carcinogens. Ciclosporin, an immunosuppressant, Get Pharmaceutical Drugs our bestseller medical books.

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