Open AccessAcute renal failure secondary to ingestion of alternative medication in a patient with breast cancer
Author(s) -
Seema Gulia,
Vikram Gota,
Santosh Kumar,
Sudeep Gupta
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.171362
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , anthracycline , cancer , intensive care medicine , oncology , disease , adjuvant , chemotherapy
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among cancer patients is widely prevalent and often underreported. Advanced stage of disease is significantly associated with CAM use. The concurrent use of alternative medicines and chemotherapy drugs has the potential to lead to toxicities as well as altered therapeutic activity due to unknown interactions. We report a case of early breast cancer who presented to us with non-oliguric acute renal failure related concurrent use of Ayurvedic medicines and adjuvant anthracycline based.