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Dexamethasone 2018-07-22 Person 3 5 0

I was given steroids as part of my chemotherapy routine as an anti sickness. This was administered intravenously prior to chemo every 3 week cycle then 3 days worth of dexamethasone tablets. It certainly helped with sickness. However main side effect was insomnia. I would know for the next 4/5 days I would have trouble sleeping. This quickly disappeared once I stopped taking them. This side effect probably outweighed the potentially sickness of the chemo so I stuck it out for the duration of the 6 months treatment. I subsequently had a severe skin rash with the introduction of certuximab into my chemo routine every fortnight. This rash (neck,trunk, legs and face) only seemed to disappear when I had my three weekly chemo treatment. Eventually I persuaded the doctor that it seemed to be the steroids that cleared the rash from my face. So some extra dexamethasone tablets between chemo almost clears up the face rash completely. However this is offset by the insomnia again!