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Chemo-induced Peripheral Neuropathy and Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer | Last Active: May 19 2:31pm | Replies (58)

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@varsha08

My neuropathy started immediately after the the first chemo but the oncologist kept saying it will go away after we stop the chemos. After the six chemos they continued with targeted therapy. I tried every possible drug like gabapentin etc but nothing worked. My neuropathy also kept progressing. My oncologist is not able to explain why it’s not gone and in fact progressing.
I am still on 3 weekly infusion of PHESGO.
Can you share what drugs they used for your chemos?

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I was on a pretty standard but strong regimen of chemotherapy for breast cancer pictures. I’m at the five year mark so I can’t remember the specific names. Like you, after the very first injection, I had neuropathy in my toes and fingers. It did not go away and I think they said there was a possibility it might going forward. I tried things like icing, etc., but the neuropathy did not go away. At the very starts it was painful, it is no longer painful, but I do have some degree of numbness in my fingertips and some degree of numbness in my toes. It doesn’t really stop me from doing anything, but I am pretty much always aware that it is there. I don’t think I have as much dexterity and picking up tiny little pieces of things with my fingers . Hope that helps.

I neglected to identify the drugs in my reply. They were Andriamycin and Cytoxin followed by Taxol.

I was on the same chemo drugs that have been used for decades 4 dose dense treatments with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide. Second chemo is the one that caused "profoundly severe peripheral neuropathy " 12 weekly infusions of Pacitaxel aka Taxol.