Cutaneous side effects associated with sunitinib: an analysis of 8 cases.

Objective: Sunitinib is an antineoplastic agent, specifically a tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Thanks to its targeted action, this drug is relatively well tolerated. The main side effects are asthenia, gastrointestinal disturbances, and dermatological effects.

Pharmacokinetic evaluation of continuous intravenous epoprostenol.

Importance Of The Field: prostacyclin is the main arachidonic acid metabolite and its decrease has been proven to be important in the pathophysiology of the pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Epoprostenol has been the first analog of prostacyclin to be approved for the treatment of PAH and despite the development of therapeutic options, the last recommendations of European Societies of Cardiology and Pulmonology maintain it as the first choice therapy for severe patients in the WHO functional class IV. In this review, we focus on pharmacokinetics of epoprostenol characterized by its instability in aqueous biological fluids and compare its pharmacokinetics with other stable analogs of prostacyclin.