Neupogen injections

oh ,I almost forgot. In this second week I have already lost 3 lbs and nothing tastes good and cannot eat much at a time. I eat small amounts so as to keep up my strength, but to finish a whole bagel with cream cheese is just impossible. I feel slightly nauseated but not to the point that I need to take meds.( I have already been prescribed them) coffee is not tolerated either. so drink decafe tea.  I also am very emotional at this point between feeling like blah and hair loss and just feel down. Is this normal?

So sorry to hear of your complaints.

Unfortunately, it is all very common, and you need to mention ALL of it to your Oncologist, so that they are fully aware of everything.

Take care of yourself and Best to you.

Beth

that`s. I thought so but really feel awful. Have to call onocologist on Monday so I will mention all these things.As I could not get any pain pills over the weekend as they cannot prescribe them over the phone and aren`t in on the w/e I am going to tell her that isn`t appreciated that I cannot even reach her on the w/e. We live an hours drive away from the cancer center. Guess I really have to watch my pain pills and before the w/e 48 hrs before!!

I left this info on another thread about Neulasta so I'm not going to go into all the details here. BUT I feel I have to tell everyone here who takes the Neulasta injections because I haven't seen any info on this website about this.

 My oncologist told me to start taking the allergy medicine Claritin the day I was to get my Neulasta injection and take it twice a day for 5 to 7 days to keep from having the bone pain. So I did with my first shot of Neulasta. Yesterday was the 6th day after the injection so I stopped the claritin. Last night I started with bone pain.. today it is really bad. So I started taking the Claritin again. I believe it is what kept the pain away and I will take it from here on out for at least 7 days after the injection. My doc said the store brand of claritin is just fine.. but make sure it is not the Claritin D. Just the regular.

 

I hope this helps everyone. Please let me know if it does.. I am curious to know if it was just a coincidence with the bone pain.

 

Thanks

anita

I have had Neupogen, Neulasta, and now Leukine infections for low WBC.  There appear to be problems with all of them, but Neupogen works best for me.  Neulasta takes too long to work and by the time it kicks in, I'm so weak I can hardly walk.  Plus, I have had extreme pain with Neulasta.

Neupogen works faster, but does cause swelling and minor discomfort and you have to get the injection every day. 

This week they tried Leukine injections.  In addition to the bone pain, I had headaches, high pulse rate (99 at night while trying to sleep) and I ran a constant fever.  Everyone is different, but I feel Neupogen works best for me, Neulasta would be second choice and Leukine the very last resort.

 D.Gayle 

ANY DRUG CAN HAVE SIDE EFFECTS FOR SOMEBODY, EVEN IF IT RARELY HAPPENS FOR THAT DRUG.  e.g. doctors say NO ONE is allergic to Benadryl - that's folly - as I nurse I saw some pretty severe reactions that were directly tracable to benadryl

Most people tolerate Neupogen fairly well, but THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO DO NOT TOLERATE IT WELL AT ALL.  Neupogen made me sick at my stomach - very nauseated and I felt like I had the flu. When I stopped taking the neupogen but continued the chemo, I felt fine, didn't even need my nausea medication. 

One way to find out - talk to your dr before your next chemo.  Tell him you'd like to not take the neupogen this next time, see how you do - then if you feel better and don't have the weight loss, etc, he will know to try you on a different drug. Or he might just switch the drug now. 

He might also want to put you on some dietary supplementation.

Take care,

Tre