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Capecitabine (Xeloda) side effects: how do you manage them?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: May 19, 2023 | Replies (30)Comment receiving replies
This is my final oral chemo treatment available to me before IV chemo. Can anyone give me any advice. I was on afinator for 2 months and my liver and lung tumors grew while my lymph node and bones remained the same.
I’m of course worried about the side effects and I know everyone is different but any advice is better than none. Thanks everyone.
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Hi Drummergirl,
Thank you so much did the info. I have done a lot of research and nowhere was this mentioned. I am er or positive her2 negative metastatic breast cancer. Had mastectomy in 2011 years with a recurrence diagnosed in Oct 2022. I have gone thru Ibrance, afinator, and starting Xeloda this week sometime. They say there is nothing left but IV chemo after this. I feel blessed because they said I had 4 months to live when I started the Ibrance and after the first month my Mets had shrunken over half. Then it stopped working. So they put me on afinator. It was wonderful
I felt so
It was such a difference but it also didn’t work my liver and lung Mets grew back 1to 1/2 inches larger in two months. That’s why I felt good they weren’t working.
Thanks for your help I appreciate it so very much. Maria
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Just be sure to question it if your IV chemo is CMF. One of the drugs in CMF is a sister drug to capecitabine. If capecitabine was not effective for you, I believe they would want you to have a different drug. Ask questions and do your research.
I was given CMF as initial chemo and my oncologist was unaware, until I learned it from other medical sources, that Zeloda cannot be given following CMF. I had to have another 12 rounds of chemo instead of a pill.
Your IV drug really depends on your type of cancer.