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Qld
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5 years ago

Peripheral neuropathy - getting worse despite ending Taxel after 6 treatments

Hello I am new to online discussion so not quite sure what to do. despite ending Taxel after only 6 out of 12 treatments, and the last two reduced dosage, the peripheral neuropathy is getting worse. I...
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shs14
Member
5 years ago
Hi @Qld, 
A friend of mine developed PN during AC chemo, actually she was only having A chemo as had a bad reaction to the C.
She started using ice therapy (plenty of info on here on my other posts) and kept it up through Paclitaxel and had limited issues by the end. I believe that you can still get it with AC and that ice therapy can minimise progression in later infusions. I wish you luck with it.