Comments on: Switching from 5FU to Xeloda Can Cause Significant Side Effects http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/research_news/2008/07/switching_from_5fu_to_xeloda_can_cause_significant_side_effects C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition is a national, nonpartisan organization whose mission is win the fight against colorectal cancer through research, empowerment and access. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:03:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kate Murphy http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/research_news/2008/07/switching_from_5fu_to_xeloda_can_cause_significant_side_effects#comment-1056 Kate Murphy Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:19:38 +0000 http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/?p=1617#comment-1056 Sara, If you think that the chemotherapy might be related to your husband's heart attack, you should talk to his doctor about reporting the event through the <a href="http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/index.html" taerget="blank" rel="nofollow">FDA Medwatch system.</a> The FDA keeps track of unusual events that are connected with drugs, watching for patterns. You can also report the incident yourself by going to the <a href="http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/report/consumer/consumer.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FDA Medwatch website consumer page.</a> We're so sorry to hear about your husband's death. Please accept our sympathy. Sara,

If you think that the chemotherapy might be related to your husband’s heart attack, you should talk to his doctor about reporting the event through the FDA Medwatch system.

The FDA keeps track of unusual events that are connected with drugs, watching for patterns.

You can also report the incident yourself by going to the FDA Medwatch website consumer page.

We’re so sorry to hear about your husband’s death. Please accept our sympathy.

]]> By: Sara J. Kerr http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/research_news/2008/07/switching_from_5fu_to_xeloda_can_cause_significant_side_effects#comment-1054 Sara J. Kerr Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:41:57 +0000 http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/?p=1617#comment-1054 My Husband had three treatments of Chemo therapy for colon cancer but could not tolorate it, then swiched to Xeloda. He was on his second course of treatment recently and had a heart attack and died while hunting in Colorado. Is this information relative? My Husband had three treatments of Chemo therapy for colon cancer but could not tolorate it, then swiched to Xeloda. He was on his second course of treatment recently and had a heart attack and died while hunting in Colorado. Is this information relative?

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