Gemzar and muscle pain?!
Question: Gemzar and muscle pain.?
Has anyone had this, and what's worked for you.?
Ache all over...Health Question & Answer
Ache all over...Health Question & Answer
Answers:
It's not common, in fact I've never had a patient complain of aching muscle pain with Gemzar. If you had said you were on Taxol, as your friend Mary there suggested, I would understand. Muscle pain IS common with Taxol. But not Gemzar, nor Avastin.
That being said, when our patients do complain of aching muscle pain, we usually try to start them off with Tylenol or Motrin, hoping that will ease the pain. If that doesn't cut it, you may want to talk to your doc about a narcotic pain reliever like percocet or vicodin.
I hope you find some relief. You shouldn't have to live with the pain.Health Question & Answer
That being said, when our patients do complain of aching muscle pain, we usually try to start them off with Tylenol or Motrin, hoping that will ease the pain. If that doesn't cut it, you may want to talk to your doc about a narcotic pain reliever like percocet or vicodin.
I hope you find some relief. You shouldn't have to live with the pain.Health Question & Answer
GEMZAR in Combination with Paclitaxel
Most patients taking GEMZAR will have side effects. Sometimes it is not always possible to tell whether GEMZAR, paclitaxel, or the cancer itself is causing these side effects, but you should always tell your healthcare team about any side effects and especially if you are experiencing anything new.
Here we will talk about side effects associated with GEMZAR when used in combination with paclitaxel for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer after they have received another type of chemotherapy called an anthracycline, unless their medical condition did not allow them to receive an anthracycline. The side effects described were experienced by at least 20 percent of the patients in the clinical trial.
http://www.gemzar.com/pat/pat340_breast_...Health Question & Answer
Most patients taking GEMZAR will have side effects. Sometimes it is not always possible to tell whether GEMZAR, paclitaxel, or the cancer itself is causing these side effects, but you should always tell your healthcare team about any side effects and especially if you are experiencing anything new.
Here we will talk about side effects associated with GEMZAR when used in combination with paclitaxel for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer after they have received another type of chemotherapy called an anthracycline, unless their medical condition did not allow them to receive an anthracycline. The side effects described were experienced by at least 20 percent of the patients in the clinical trial.
http://www.gemzar.com/pat/pat340_breast_...Health Question & Answer