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Diarrhoea from chemotherapy, targeted therapy and radiotherapy: grading, loperamide, octreotide and when to admit Treatment diarrhoea can turn dangerous quickly, especially with a low blood count. Drink plenty and start loperamide at the first loose stool if your team has told you to. Call the 24-hour line at once if it does not settle within a day, if there are seven or more stools a day, or with fever, blood, vomiting or dizziness. If cancer tablets are the cause and loperamide fails, stop them and ring. | none | none | protocol, supportive-care | ||
Irinotecan: early cholinergic syndrome and late diarrhoea Irinotecan can cause two kinds of diarrhoea. The first comes during or soon after the drip, with sweating, watery eyes and cramps; an atropine injection stops it. The second starts a day or more later and can be serious: take 4 mg of loperamide at the first loose stool, then 2 mg every 2 hours, and call your team if it is not controlled in 24 hours, or with blood, fever or faintness. | none | none | protocol, supportive-care | ||
Neratinib: diarrhoea prevention with loperamide or dose escalation Neratinib, a tablet for HER2-positive breast cancer, causes diarrhoea in almost everyone. Prevent it in one of two ways agreed before you start: loperamide on a fixed schedule from the first tablet for eight weeks, or a lower starting dose built up over two weeks. Drink about two litres a day, and call your team at once if diarrhoea is severe or comes with weakness, dizziness or fever. | HER2-positive breast cancer | none | protocol, supportive-care |