Muscle spasms: an unexpected adverse drug reaction of pemetrexed?

In this report we describe a 53-year-old woman with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, treated with pemetrexed and cisplatin combination therapy, followed by pemetrexed monotherapy. The patient developed severe muscle spasms at least twice, shortly after administration of pemetrexed monotherapy. A...

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Main Authors: Hendrika J. A. de Rouw, Naomi T. Jessurun, Lucie J. P. Masen-Poos, Hieronymus J. Derijks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-02-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1758834016677941