Re: Medical administration of dose question

[Chris Alston <alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu>]

>All information supplied here is general information and for educational 
>purposes only. It is not intended to give specific treatments for specific 
>patients.
>
>I am sorry about the delay in responding.
>
>Generally, nausea from radiation is self-limited. It can be handled with 
>compazine or other anti-emetic drugs. The dose given is fairly low, but 
>should be sufficient for myeloma, which is very radiosensitive. Long term 
>complications should be few. There is a slight risk of a chronic 
>colitis-type syndrome, with occasional diarrhea. During radiation diarrhea 
>could develop, but should subside within a week or two of the end of o 
>radiation therapy.
>
>All treatment decisions should be made with the patient's physicians. No 
>treatment decision should be made based only on information given here.
>
>Good Luck,
>
>L. Berk
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