Chemotherapy Overdose of 5-FU or Capecitabine

Samuel J. Klempner, MD and Alice Beers, RN, BSN, OCN discuss the identification and treatment of chemotherapy overdose with 5-FU or capecitabine.

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I received 5 days of 5-FU in 5 hours….pump was programmed incorrectly. Nowhere was there any info available about handling the overdose. The Dr. said if I lived through this for a year he would write a paper about this. I lived…he never wrote any paper. I believed he should have written about this for others like me. This was 20+ years ago, I was surprised to see this video.

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Just wish I knew this information before today.:{