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duxx1234
8 years agoMember
Dexamethasone side effects
hello, I was wondering if any one here has experienced side effects from this drug? My oncologist has written me out a script for it, but warned that some people have severe mood swings after taking i...
Jen79x
8 years agoMember
Love hate relationship too !
i had it for 4 days with ac (8mg slowly reduced to 2 mg by day 4)
i now have 4mg just on the day of chemo with weekly taxol weekly carboplatin.
it helps immensely with the nausea however if also makes me emotional (just what you need) constipated and I also can sleep
It’s awful but it works - I just had chemo yesterday and last night was in tears because I was so tired but I couldn’t sleep :(
i had it for 4 days with ac (8mg slowly reduced to 2 mg by day 4)
i now have 4mg just on the day of chemo with weekly taxol weekly carboplatin.
it helps immensely with the nausea however if also makes me emotional (just what you need) constipated and I also can sleep
It’s awful but it works - I just had chemo yesterday and last night was in tears because I was so tired but I couldn’t sleep :(