generic chemo drug - Dooped again

can someone tell me if I should capitalize a generic drug name following a colon? CURRENT MEDICATIONS: lisinopril 40 mg 1 daily and thyroid supplement. also, do sentence fragments and one word entries after colons get periods? I have seen these done in multiple fashion. ...

"Patient was started on _____ 1.6 mg IV, as well as CCNU 20 mg p.o., representing a 75% dose reduction." It sounds like "en-christine." lol en-kris-teen. Anyone ever heard of it? Thanks! ...

A new salvage treatment s/l "rogarephin" - cannot find any reference for it? Anybody every heard of this? ...

I just can't seem to find this drug! Doctor says "the patient's mother is receiving Xelox and s/l Zoleria/Soleria/Xoleria for metastatic colon cancer." Any suggestions anyone!? Thanks! ...

This is a drug for breast cancer with metastatic disease for bone after failing with Herceptin, Navelbine, pertuzamab, Taxol. Sounds like "Canceda" could be a K as well, but very difficult to hear and doc flubs in middle. Any suggestions? Thanks! ...

Help! The doctor is saying... a clinical trial of possibly Vidaza plus "verunastat" - I cannot seem to find anything for the second drug anywhere. This is for AML. Anyone come across that before? Any input is helpful! Thanks. ...

Ive asked QA this five times to no avail. Truth is, I'm still not sure why SpellCheck doesn't cover this. How do we know when I drug has switched over and is now generic and no longer requires capitalization?? I used to depend on Google (at the bottom of the page whether it is capped or not) but QA has bit me a couple times on this and for the life of me, even after researching, cannot find a 100% reliable answer to this question. As always, thanks in advance! ...

I've seen both lidocaine and Lidocaine. Which is correct? Thx in advance! ...

But I find with the ASR that I kind of let them slide until I run across one of the docs dictating without ASR...Do you all save a generic report for the ASR stuff also? especially the OP reports with your "favorite dictators" I just started to do it, wondering if I am wasting my time..Always easier to replace the ASR report with an generic I guess. ...

I cannot express how much I don't want to work when generic emails are sent out. Why not deal with the people not doing what they are supposed to be doing on an individual basis. Maybe it is just me, but that is the adult way to handle things. ...

This sentence: Father had a history of schizophrenia and was managed by decanoid injections of an antipsychotic medication. Should decanoid be capitalized or is it generic? Any help would be appreciated! ...

I was hoping some more experienced MTs could help me with something. I am struggling with remembering which are brand names and which are generics (so I know to cap them or not). Is there some trick to this? A website that can quickly (and obviously) tell you? Perhaps some software you all have? Please, it is driving me crazy and my quality is suffering :( ...

s/l fifafubase chemotherapy (Roswell Park Regime). Any help? thnks ...

How would I write this properly? The patient received a total of 224 x 10 to the eighth nucleated cells or 0.37 x 10 to the eighth with a total CD 3 dose of 16.96 x 10 to the sixth per cubic gram patient weight. ...

patient considered at high recurrence risk for breast cancer, and I would recommend combination chemotherapy utilizing s/l dose-stent Adriamycin, Cytoxan as well as s/l dose-stent Taxol. Does anyone know what this might be. (Sorry I posted this to the message board earlier - wrong place.) Thx ...

Pt with recurrent ovarian carcinoma. "She is on Gemzar at 1 g/m2 as well as carboplatin s/l "with an ADC of 4." Cannot confirm the term ADC. Is this a lab test, or what? TIA~ ...

HI all, I have a doc dictating an oncology report (patient has liver cancer) and he says, " I indicated that he could be considered for “s/l sero or zero adjuvant” chemotherapy with FOLFOX regimen for 12 cycles in total. " My question is has anyone heard of a chemo regimen that sounds like zero or sero adjuvant chemo? The doc put it in quotes... Thanks ...

If someone is recieving chemo for two days would you put 99.25 twice or just once? ...

I have a cancer patient status post hx of ovarian cancer receiving chemo for the past year. She now has mets to the brain and is now status post craniectomy to remove the mets. Her 2 chemo meds are (this is a physical therapy student dictating this, so take it for what it's worth) are "Evastin" which I'm sure she means "Avastin" and something that sounds like "Euneritic" which I cannot find anywhere. Anyone have a clue? She's pretty clear with her enun ...

I cannot locate in my books and online has it both ways. It is a combined medical word, which I would usually just put together, but......... not sure. any ideas? ...

I have been out-of-town, enjoying being away from Medical Transcription for a few weeks, and upon skimming through the posts that I had missed, I noted that there was recently a discussion on the Word Help Board regarding ACE Bandage and if it should be all caps or not. The debate seemed to center around whether ACE should be used for “ACE inhibitor” and Ace for “Ace wrap” to avoid confusion. if you are talking about the original ACE™ wrap or ACE™ ...

Can't find anything online or in books. ...

what's the rule for dates? Should it be 05/25/2014 or May 25, 2014? Thanks. ...

1. Prednisone 10 mg. 2. Septra 160 mg twice daily on Monday and Tuesday. 3. Oxycodone 5 mg as needed during chemotherapy. 4. Omeprazole 20 mg while she is taking prednisone. 5. "Gelivent" nightly. 6. Neupogen after chemotherapy. 7. &nbs ...

generic chemo drug - Dooped again

could be azacitidine but what's the sentence pls? - nm

generic chemo drug - Dooped again

generic chemo drug - Dooped again

Glad to help! :) - nm

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