Taxotere side effects????

lovinmomma

My face across my forehead and around my hair line is partially numb. My forehead feels warm and tingly (like when you get a shot from the dentist). Any one else have se like there???

Genie2

Did you call your oncologist yet?  I've had 4 doses of taxotere.  Never a numbness anywhere.  Sounds like a call to the doc is in order.  Genie

HensonChi

Hi,

I finished taxotere on Oct. 28th of 2008.  I still have neuropathy and am taking neurontin for it.  I didn't get it until like the last treatment or a little after.  I also still ˙have toes and fingernails that are black and blue.  The worst side effect for me is the hurting feet and fingers! 

susan13

I just had my first Taxotere last Thursday.  This morning I noticed a red itchy rash all over both my hands.  Seeing my onc. later today, we'll see if it's related.

lovinmomma

I told him yesterday about the numbness and he just said sounds like Taxotere.  I guess I will up my B6 pills.

Genie2

HensonChi, how many cyccles of taxotere did you have?  I just had my 4th---possibly my last---11 days ago.  Genie

REKoz

Lovin- I'm on abraxane which is taxtotere in different form. My head had been weird for a week now. Feels like I had it in a rubber band all day and let it down. It's definitely tingly. I do believe it's a precursor to departing our heads. Stinks doesn't it?

Ellen

lovinmomma

It does stink REKoz! But at least I am still alive!

caligrlof68

Lovin -

I had very little numbness from the taxotere. I did get the loose, discolored fingernails and some pain in my fingers. I also had quite a scare from my last dose of Taxotere... I wound up in the ER unable to breathe with muscle spasms in my legs and tight, clenched muscles in my back, neck, and jaw. This happened 3 days after my treatment. The squad told my husband that it was a "panic attack"...not so. It was quite frightening for both of us. At one point I lost consciousness....sort of. I could hear what was being said, but I could neither respond nor move. I felt very much at peace and floating. I even felt at one point like 'following the light'. To think of this now is very frightening. My husband does have medical training and knows CPR, but thankfully didn't have to use it because when he threw me over his shoulder to carry me to the car for the ride to the ER I felt a strong pain in my ribs and "came back". The hospital determined that my potassium was dangerously low in my blood. My oncologist said that taxotere works on the muscles. In any case... I am now fine. Thank the Lord! 

janeinca

After second chemo (Taxotere/Cytoxan). Like Susan13, I had a red, itchy rash on my hands. I also had swollen fingers and painful fingertips. I now have neuropathy in both my hands and feet - particularly painful at night. Doctor prescribed Lyrica, which is helping. I'm trying to decide whether it would be a good idea to find an alternative to Taxotere for the two remaining treatments. I understand there is a risk of heart damage from Adriamycin, but I also understand that nerve damage from Taxotere can be permanent. 

guitarGrl

My problem with Taxotere was extreme pain in my lower back, but it happened during treatment so they upped the Benadryl & that worked just fine. Maybe buying some over the counter stuff would help the allergic reactions?

idonailz61

Caligirl, doesn't your Doc check your blood before treatment?  My Doc has a full lab in all three of his offices and checks my blood via my Port PRIOR to any treatments.  BTW, I'm on my fourth round of Taxotere and while I have some diarrhea, extreme fatigue and get thrush every single time, I'm doing okie dokie on it.  I did have a horrible reaction to Carboplatin.  Internal bleeding, nose bleeds, etc.  I did have to get transfused, but they immediately took me off Carbo.  Anyway, I have IDC as a direct result from radiation therapy and chemo when I was 15 y.o. and had hodgkins.  It is now 32 years later and I am not treating for BC.  Not a bad deal;  32 years cancer free.  See?  There's hope for all!!!

Joani 

chiquita

I had my first Toxotere last Thursday, a had a bad hash red  over my face, my fingers are sore, my back is sore, my stomach fells full hard and very acidic, I do not want to eat and drink, my mouth is very sore and my throat is sore also...I fell terrible...I think I am going to stop chemo and

just live, chemo is to hard!!!!

muttnut

I finished Taxol, another name for taxotere, at the end of July '08, and I've still got some numbness on the bottom of my feet and some of my toes.  There's an area about the size of a 50 cent piece that covers part of the ball of my foot and the toes in the middle on each foot that is affected.  It's better than it was.  I used to get pains up my legs.  I think the areas of numbness are still getting better, but it's hard to tell.  It's VERY slow.  I didn't really get the numbness until  the last of the 4 treatments, which I got every two weeks.  Didn't have any other side effects, other than no appetite. 

holligoog

I had the same reaction to Taxotere from my first TX on March 4th.

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carol1949

First of all.. taxol and taxotere are not the same, though they are derivatives of a similar plant.

My oncologist had me take 2 vitamin B-Complex each day to help negate potential neuropathy and also 400 iu's of Vitamin E which has been proven to reverse nerve damage in stroke patients.

Anytime you take a B vitamin... you should take the B complex and then you can add additional b's if wanted.  The reason is the B vitamins are meant to work together and if you take one specific B, you can become deficient in another B vitamin!