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Suffering From Breast Cancer With Brain And Bone Metastasis. Suggested Eptoin. IS It Good?

My mother has cancer last 13 years, and the last December she got multiple brain mets. Her primary is CA breast ,secondary is bone mets and finally brain.She done 5 WBRT in December.Some times her condition is going too bad and doctors giving her mannitol injection, last month she is in same condition and and happened fics, now we continuing her old medicines and Tab. Eptoin as new medicine, Is that good for her?
posted on Fri, 3 May 2013
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welcome to health care magic

Your mother has reached the advanced stage of breast cancer with brain metastasis..so she was advised to take 5 pulses of whole brain radiotherapy(WBRT)...

Because of involvement of brain and to reduce the intra cranial pressure in the brain she was given mannitol injection..

And also due to brain involvement you got fits(seizures)for that she was given eptoin tablets to control the fits..

she was given supportive care rather than treating the cancer because it is in the final and advanced stage.

Hope you understand my suggestion and answer.

Thank you

Dr.siddartha
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Suffering From Breast Cancer With Brain And Bone Metastasis. Suggested Eptoin. IS It Good?

Hello welcome to health care magic Your mother has reached the advanced stage of breast cancer with brain metastasis..so she was advised to take 5 pulses of whole brain radiotherapy(WBRT)... Because of involvement of brain and to reduce the intra cranial pressure in the brain she was given mannitol injection.. And also due to brain involvement you got fits(seizures)for that she was given eptoin tablets to control the fits.. she was given supportive care rather than treating the cancer because it is in the final and advanced stage. Hope you understand my suggestion and answer. Thank you Dr.siddartha