13/08/2025
📌Speaking of Cyclophosphamide, it is both Gonadotoxic & Tertatogenic as well ..
📌 its Gonadotoxicity , as I remember is both , gender dependent , s*x dependent, ie :
👉🏻 the minimum needed dose to cause Gonadal Toxicity is as follows:
100mg/ kg in Mature Males
200 - 300 mg / kg in Mature Females and Prepubertal Males
400 mg/ kg in Prepubertal Females
And I used to believe that is part of
رحمة ربنا
"Allah Mercifulness "
Because most of the patients needing Endoxan ( in SLE in particular) are
" Prepubertal Females ",
eventually they need the highest dose to develop Gonadotoxicity ..
📌 And because of its Tertatogenicity ,it has to be stopped 3 months before conception...
💡and that's why putting the patient on CONTRACEPTION has 2 main reasons ..
1️⃣ Stabilization of the condition and Avoidance of any Lupus flare ..
2️⃣ To AVOID the teratogenic side effects of the medications commonly used ,such as ( MMF and Endoxan)
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