Antineoplastic and Cytotoxic Agents- Major Hazardous Drugs
Cytotoxic and the antineoplastic drugs are highly noxious agents that can cause innumerable adverse affects if exposed
. If exposed, these perilous drugs can badly contaminate the surroundings and cause severe health disorders to all the living beings in contact with the surroundings. The exposures to hazardous drugs can cause several disastrous affects such as loss of membrane integrity called necrosis of cells, cell degeneration and complete death of cells due to the cell lyses. All these affects are negative and can hamper the normal growth of cells. It also affects the division mechanism of the cells and can cause cell suicide called apoptosis. This article is all about two major hazardous drugs that are antineoplastic and cytotoxic drugs.
Pharmaceutical manufacturing industries use heavily antineoplastic and cytotoxic drugs for the manufacturing of important medicines. Cytotoxic tests are frequently done by all the healthcare units to compute the exact amount of these harmful substances in the useful medicines. According to the results of these tests, all the important medicines carry a significant amount of these lethal agents. These lethal agents are capable of curing various deadly and life threatening diseases and hence the pharmaceutical professionals cannot limit the usage of these harmful agents in the manufacturing of the active medicines and other medical products.
Cytotoxic drugs are curative and can cure several malignancies by directly killing the infectious cells. These drugs have the potential to treat arthritis and various other inflammatory diseases. Cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and azathioprine are the important cytotoxic agents that are used to cure arthritis and other related rheumatic diseases. Antineoplastic drugs are used in the treatment of cancer called chemotherapy. These drugs are very powerful and can save the mankind from various life-threatening diseases. Hence, we can say that these drugs are both bliss and curse to the mankind.
Antineoplastic and Cytotoxic Agents- Major Hazardous Drugs