ocr: Drug Dose and Schedule Vincristine 0.4 mg/d IV for 4 d Doxorubicin 3 mg/m?/d IV for 4 d Dexamethasone 40 mg/d orally for 4 d beginning on d1,9, and 17 of the first 28-d cycle and on alternate cycles thereafter. On the other cycles, dexamethasone 1S given only on d1-4. All patients also received cimetidine for antacid prophylaxis and tri- methoprim - - sulfamethoxazole as antiinfective prophylaxis.