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What Chemo Drugs Cause Pulmonary Fibrosis

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Drugs used to treat cancer chemotherapy drugs used to treat abnormal heart rhythms such as amiodarone drugs used to treat inflammatory conditions such as methotrexate and an antibiotic used to. Reported of pleuropulmonary toxicity of cabergoline an ergoline derivate in the treatment of Parkinsons disease. A Review Of Pulmonary Fibrosis Drugs used to treat cancer chemotherapy drugs like bleomycin drugs used to treat abnormal heart rhythms such as amiodarone drugs used to treat inflammatory conditions such as methotrexate and an antibiotic used to treat urinary tract infections nitrofurantoin are some of the better known drugs that can cause injury. What chemo drugs cause pulmonary fibrosis . The use of chemotherapy and radiation therapy alone or combined can be associated with clinically significant pulmonary toxicity. Drugs for heart conditions particularly amiodarone. Cancer treatment drugs may lead to pulmonary fibrosis. Many of these drugs are chemo drugs andor drugs us...