-You could ask these 2 independant advice services. Moss has written a book on chemo. The nickname for 5FU used to be "5 feet under".
· RALPH MOSS advisory service ($250)----Tel: 001 718 636 4433/1679 Fax: 001 718 636 0186 Equinox Press, 144 St John's Place, Brooklyn, New York
11217
· CANHELP (Pat McGrady, $400) Tel: 001 206 437 2291.

-Don't believe everything you hear. I had multiple doses of CHOP and had absolutely no burning. My first dose was administered via a standard IV, the remainder were done through a CVC cathetor. I would recommend that she get a cath if at all possible. I felt absolutely nothing during the administration
- nothing.

There is at least one drug in CHOP (may be Cytoxin) that CAN burn if it is administered via IV and the needle isn't properly placed in the vein or if it leaks. The one patient I know who had this occur certainly had some pain and discomfort, but it was NOT severe.

- I had a chemo medication infiltrate tissue around the vein, and it did cause a chemical burn. It was uncomfortable for a while, but nothing that wasn't bearable. I don't know which medication it was, but it wasn't Cytoxan because I took that one orally.

-Are you certain that you took Cytoxan orally? If you had CHOP, you took Prednisone (aka Deltasone) orally, not Cytoxan (also known as cyclophosphamide).