Marijuana bill highlights. The Senate approved medical marijuana legislation for a second time in two years on Tuesday, and sent the bill back to the House, where a similar version passed in March. The bill would make Pennsylvania the 24th state to legalize a comprehensive and public medical marijuana program.
190 Followers. A. Certain chemotherapy drugs can cause peripheral neuropathy, such as vinca alkaloids (vincristine), cisplatin, paclitaxel, and the podophyllotoxins (etoposide and teniposide). This can occur in patients with and without diabetes.
24. Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathies are a common side effect and cause of morbidity in cancer patients. 24 The agents most often associated with neuropathy are vincristine (Oncovin) and cisplatin (Platinol). In most patients, the initial complaint is tingling and paresthesias of the distal extremities.