Talk:Doloxan

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Confirmation

Check out act 1 of Podcast:Crossroads, Part II for explicit confirmation of diloxin as chemotherapy. --Steelviper 07:55, 11 April 2007 (CDT)

Spelling

• In 1:4 (Act of con.) 0:20:48 Dr Cottle calls it Doloxan: Did he explain to you the side effects of Doloxan? -- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Enabran (talk • contribs).

Is that spelling from subtitles? Or is that a phonetic spelling? -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate - Battlestar Pegasus} 22:58, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

spelling and subtitle  ;-) --Enabran 07:31, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

I can now confirm that "Doloxan" is the proper spelling for the Galactiguised chemo. It's in all the scripts. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate - Battlestar Pegasus} 07:13, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Correspondence with Adriamycen

I think it likely that this drug is meant to be the equivalent of the human medicine "Adriamycen" for the following reasons:

1. Adriamycen is one of the primary chemotherapy drugs used for breast cancer (it is also used for other cancers, including Hodgkin's Lymphoma, which is where I encountered it.

2. The generic name for Adriamycen is "doxorubicen" which sounds a bit like "Doloxan."

3. Adriamycen is one of the few chemotherapy drugs that is not clear; it has a distinctive dark red color. The Doloxan that Laura Roslin is seen getting is clearly visible as having a dark red color which is a close match to the color I remember for the Adriamycen I received.

4. While hair loss is associated with many chemotherapy medications, Adriamycen particularly known for causing that particular side effect. Laura Roslin became totally bald while on Doloxan.

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