When you have cancer, medicine can — quite literally — save your life. But even lifesaving medicines can have a very different effect. When taken together they can create new risks.
It’s a common problem for people with cancer. Taking multiple medicines increases the risk of side effects, dangerous interactions between different meds, and simple mistakes.
The answer isn’t to stop taking the drugs you need to stay well. Rather, be thoughtful about your treatment goals and work with your doctor to trim medicines that don’t move you toward those goals.
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