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am i fos' teen, about my treatment, the drug amifostine to help treat my illness, the drug is given by injection into a vein, protect the kidneys against the harmful effects, the cancer-fighting drug cisplatin in patients with ovarian cancer, lung cancer, reduce the severe dry mouth caused by radiation treatment after surgery for head and neck cancer, amifostine is a prescription drug, drugs known as chemoprotectants; it protects against the harmful effects, cisplatin and radiation treatment, treatment depends on the types, drugs you are taking, how well my body responds to them, i have cancer, precautions, before taking amifostine, allergic to amifostine, vitamins, nutritional supplements, herbal products you are taking, be sure to mention medications for high blood pressure , a physician may need to change the doses, monitor you carefully for side effects, ever had kidney disease , chest pain , angina, irregular heartbeats, heart failure , a stroke, a mini-stroke, women, pregnant, when breast-feeding , should tell their doctors before they begin taking this drug, should not plan to have children while receiving chemotherapy, for a while after treatments, use a reliable method, birth control to prevent pregnancy, the most common side effect, amifostine is a decrease in blood pressure, which may start while the drug is being given and lasts about 6 minutes, will be told to lie on my back, blood pressure will be checked regularly, a physician may order fluids, given by injection into a vein to help improve my blood pressure, side effects, amifostine, side effects, symptoms are severe, nausea, vomiting, flushing, feeling, warmth, chills, feeling, coldness, fever, dizziness , lightheadedness, drowsiness , sneezing, hiccups, some side effects can be serious, symptoms are uncommon, shortness of breath, fainting, seizures, chest tightness, skin rash , hives, swelling, the throat, amifostine, other side effects, any unusual problems while taking this drug, emergency/overdose, overdose, the victim has collapsed, is not breathing, symptoms, overdose may, dizziness , lightheadedness, fainting special instructions, be given anti-nausea medication before and during amifostine administration, a physician may order certain lab tests, body's response to amifostine, ethyol other names, ethiofos gammaphos wr-2721