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After a Bone Marrow Transplant procedure, patients are required to follow a drug therapy regimen that may involve:
- Anti-emetics - Patients may continue on anti-emetic therapy for several days following their transplant until appetite stabilizes.
- Immunosuppressives - For patients of the allogeneic stem cell transplant procedure, cyclosporine or FK506 is most commonly prescribed. Patients may be placed on Prednisone or Solumederol if "graft vs. host disease" (GVHD) develops.
- Antibiotics - Since patients are at risk for developing a significant blood-borne infection, most patients are placed on prophylactic antibiotics. A special diet for neutropenic patients and other precautions to reduce risk of infection will be followed.
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