kimblanchard Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 I am wondering about taxotere dosage, if anyone is familiar with current trends. Jim got his first Taxotere infusion yesterday. I asked for a printout of the dosages and it was Taxotere 130mg IV over 1 hour. It's been 24 hours and he has only the fuzzy stomach and an extra nap as reactions so far. I know web info can be old but the highest I have read about was 100 mg and two tales of overdose talked about 150 and 200 (they recovered without a problem). Is this dosage abnormally high? Anyone else aware of what their dosage was? Thanks for the help. I have so many questions right now, I hope to be able to help others when I know more. Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 My guess is that the 130 mg is not equivalent to the 100mg/m2 you see on the internet dose in mg = dose in mg/m2 *BSA (body conversion factor) The 130 mg is not in the same units as the 100mg/m2 that you see on the internet See below for the BSA. Take the 130 and divide by the BSA. This will give you the dose in the correct units http://www-users.med.cornell.edu/~spon/ ... sacalc.htm For a weight of 160lbs and height of 5'7 the 130 mg dose is equivalent to 70 in mg/m2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimblanchard Posted April 15, 2004 Author Share Posted April 15, 2004 You are right. When I used that formula, I got 73.86. Thank you so much. Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karen335 Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 John, Thank you so much. You are always so helpful... Blessings, Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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