Neupegin Shots

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elena1
elena1 Member Posts: 41
edited June 2014 in Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment

Has anyone had severe pains from the daily shots after chemo?

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited September 2010

    elena....I was on Neupegin the beginning of my chemo the it was changed to Neulasta which is the same idea but you only get it once not few times after chemo.

    I had severe leg pain which kept me awake.

    Ask your DR what to take to help your pain.

    I wasn't told about the side effects so I suffered unnecessarily.

    Good Luck.

    Sheila

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited September 2010

    Common Side Effects of Neupogen

    Neupogen has been studied thoroughly in clinical trials, in which a group of people taking the drug have side effects documented. In these studies, the most common side effects of Neupogen included:  
    • Bone pain -- in up to 22 percent of people
    • Nausea -- up to 10 percent
    • Nosebleeds -- up to 9 percent
    • Vomiting -- up to 7 percent
    • High blood pressure (hypertension) -- up to 4 percent
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  • MrsNice
    MrsNice Member Posts: 258
    edited September 2010

    I had a Neulasta shot on Thursday night, and have had mild-moderate skull-type headaches ever since.  I take 2 or 3 ibuprofen every 4 hours or so, and it helps.  I'm used to having headaches - migraines, etc. - but this is a different kind of headache.  Take ibuprofen or whatever you can take for the pain - no need to suffer!  Pain causes stress which effects healing.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited September 2010

    I had severe bone pain with neupogen to the point I could not

    even raise my head...later I figured out I could do with half

    a dose and get the same result of white blood counts, but

    very little pain...

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  • shadow2356
    shadow2356 Member Posts: 393
    edited September 2010

    I had terrible pain from it too. Someone on here said Claritan helps. In desperation I tried it and it helped a lot. I don't know why it worked, but it did. It might be worth atry for you.

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited September 2010

    I too started on the nuelasta first, the pain was so bad i ended up in the emergency room, i thought i was having a heart attack,, also made my blood count go way down so they switched me to the nueprogen shot that was just as bad, it was so painful it made me cry- claritan didnt help nor did tylenol so i was prescribed Darvecet, it was the only one that took my pain away and i didnt feel like i was high from it- you might want to ask your dr for somthing you dont have to have this kind of pain- (((((((hugs)))))))))

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  • debbiebme
    debbiebme Member Posts: 30
    edited April 2012

    I had horrible back spasms from the Neupogen shots. It felt like labor pains.

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  • elena1
    elena1 Member Posts: 41
    edited September 2010

    Thank you for all the replies...I had the Neulasta while on AC but it didnt bother me. The neupegin may be the culprit and not the Taxol...We do seem to be in the minority with having severe pain..over the counter drugs didnt help...

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  • crittermama1964
    crittermama1964 Member Posts: 8
    edited July 2013

    I'm HAVING TERRIBLE PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND KIDNEYS. THEY SAY ITS A SIDE EFFECT BUT IM ON A FENTANYL 100 MCG PATCH AND 8MG OF DILAUDID AND ITS BARELY HELPING. I TRIED EVERYTHING GONNA GET CLARATIN TODAY. ANY SUGGESTIONS?

    FORGOT TO MENTION I DID NEULASTA FIRST DIDNT WORK SO THEY STARTED NEUPEGIN.
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  • crittermama1964
    crittermama1964 Member Posts: 8
    edited July 2013

    I TAKE LOTS OF BATHS AND GOING TO PAIN DOC MONDAY TO SEE HE CAN HELP

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