INTRODUCTION: oral chemotherapy is increasingly used in Oncology. It has important advantages. such as @entity1 comfort. but it also brings new challenges which did not exist with the intravenous therapy. Some of these drugs have interactions with food. leading to changes in their bioavailability. As they are drugs of narrow therapeutic margin. this can lead to alterations in their efficacy and/or @entity137 . OBJECTIVES: A. Assessing the level of knowledge on the administration of oral cytostatics that present restrictions with meals (drugs that have to be taken with/without food) among the outpatients. B. Minimizing the incorrect administration and the risk of @entity734 . providing @entity1 with information as to how and when drugs have to be administrated. METHODS: once the oral cytostatics with food restrictions were identified. we asked the @entity1 in treatment about the information they had received from the doctor and the way they were taking the medication. We provided those who were taking the drug incorrectly with the right information. In the following visit. it was confirmed if the @entity1 that had been previously taking the cytostatic incorrectly. were taking them in a correct way (intervention accepted/not accepted). RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: 40% of the @entity1 interviewed used to take the drug incorrectly. We detected a great diversity depending on the dispensed drug. 95% of the 39 interventions made were accepted. The data obtained suggest the need to reinforce the information that the @entity1 receives. It is important to make sure that the @entity1 understands how and when the oral cytostatic should be administered.

Oral chemotherapy: XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity137 :: ('MESH:D064420', 'Disease') :: ['toxicity'] @entity734 :: ('MESH:D019966', 'Disease') :: ['food-drug interactions']
@entity734 :: (MESH:D019966,Disease) :: ['food-drug interactions']
