paxlitaxol

i see i spelled wrong but  feck feck feck

Hi Djct 

When I had paclitaxel last year I was given two infusions immediately before the chemo, ie using the canula when I was at the chemo unit. I forget what they both were for but I know one was steroids.

Give your chemo unit a ring and ask if you will be given anything beforehand.

thankyou for replying. yeah well am on for first thing this morning, but someone mentioned they took drugs 12 and 6 hours before but i wasn't told or given any. guess i will find out when i get there. 

very fraught now, but maybe mine does same as yours an infusion first. just dont want another delay, well unless they say its completely off the table

Hi,  on my first Paclitaxol they gave me a tablet for my stomach before the infusion but I wasn't given it in advance.  Famotidine was what I had.

They gave me the pills on arrival and I had to wait an hour before chemo started.

Ah....

If you have an allergic reaction to the Paclitaxel you'll be given meds to take home and take the day before (and day after) on your future treatments.

Just coming to the end of my paclitaxel I was given no medication to take before I went for my treatment  I do have a tablet and other medication through my picc line before I have the infusion .

I am  offered anti sickness tablets to take home but I have had  no side effects at all so no medication is needed

thank you hugs, calming down now

thank you hugs

Before each paclitaxel I was given an anti sickness tablet then anti histamine and steroid through my PICC line.I wasn’t given anything to take in advance.Only when I arrived at the hospital.xx

thank you all, had cortosteroid and then benadryl by line first, zzzzzzzzz snirk

then paclitaxel for 2.5 hours, long day zzzzz

so far ok, tad dry