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Dealing with the side effects of anti-nausea meds.
Hi, So I'm on dexamethasone and metoclopramide for dealing with the nausea from AC. I'm 9 days in from my first round and have experienced the following: depression, mood swings, increased appeti...
I didn't use steroids much, took the obligatory ones with 4 rounds of A/C but then asked for it to be dropped for 12 rounds of taxol. BUT I was never sick or even felt nauseous. I got seriously constipated while on Taxol, with more frequent treatments, and my oncologist was happy to drop them (as long as I didn't complain if I did get sick!). You can but try again, but you may well have nausea again. Only you can decide what you prefer to handle. Best wishes whatever you decide. Main thing is it will end!