Taxol is thought to be tolerated by its recipients better than any other anti-cancer drug used today, but as most drugs do, it has side effects. Of the many, the main include; numbness, nausea (quite severe in some cases), tingling in toes and fingers, and a reduction in the infection-fighting white blood cells because of Taxol's affect on bone marrow. However if a growth factor, a protein called granulocyte colony stimulating factor, is used the bone marrow is protected. This means that white blood cells and platelets are maintained even when dosage is increased. Taxol is a drug that is hard to obtain due to the reproduction and growth rates that characterise it. Other problems include that it is difficult to inject into the body, doesn't dissolve easily and is needed in high dosages.
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