In July of 2007 my Mother had her left kidney removed due to cancer. In January 2008 we found out that the cancer had spread to her lungs. The oncologist started her on the 50 mg dose of Sutent in February but after 2 weeks she wound up in emergency at the hospital with high blood pressure (175/105) and some other side effects. They thought it may be a reaction with a new osteoporosis drug she started on. They took her off both drugs for 2 weeks and then started her on the Sutent again 2 weeks ago. The same thing has happened again. To try to keep her blood pressure down they put her on 3 different blood pressure medications but these had no effect. Her blood pressure was as high as 185/109! Anyway, the oncologist has taken her off Sutent and has told her that she will not be able to go back on it as it is too dangerous for her. She is having a CT scan at the end of April to see if the tumors in her lungs have grown. Has anyone else out there experienced this side effect with Sutent? Any suggestions for other therapies?
Scott C.