Dexamethasone

Dexamethasone 2021-02-10 Person 2 5 0

He took 10 mg daily because He was having hormone therapy for prostrate cancer He was taken off both hormones and steroids and had a terrible reaction, He had a manic episode and still not right. He never had a mental health condition in his life.l can’t understand why he was not tapered off them as he was on 10mg daily for 14 months.

Dexamethasone 2021-01-15 Person 4 5 0

I had a relapse of my DLBCL cancer only 5 months after finishing RCHOP. I took dexamethasone as part of the chemotherapy (RGBD). 40mg a hour before the infusions. I don't know what part each of the drugs in the cocktail played, but the solid lump tumours in my face and arm disappeared within two days of the 1st round being done. I had been on high dose prednisone (40mg/day) for a week before chemo started. Didn't feel any significant pain or nausea throughout the rounds of chemo. Did a MTB ride up to the top of a local peak the day after 1st chemo. I kept riding throughout my treatment, right up to the stem cell transplant. I was at work every day I wasn't at hospital. I took all of the drugs on the round schedule but didn't use the anti-nausea of painkillers if they were optional. I know other people have an awful time on chemo, but that wasn't my experience.

Dexamethasone 2019-10-27 Person 5 5 0

I asked to see my oncologist because I lost my sense of smell, taste, energy etc, iwas prescribed this tiny little pill for just two week's which I started only three week's ago following 6 sessions of chemo for lung cancer and radiotherapy to chest and brain. After the first tablet, the next morning I woke up and found I felt much more alert and had more energy. After the second tablet my sense of smell returned and could taste my food, so my appetite was returning. I have no trouble sleeping either. My consultant has put me on two weeks of this drug for which I am thankful, I feel my life is coming back to me.

Dexamethasone 2019-01-24 Person 4 5 0

I was prescribed dexamethasone to ‘prop up’ other treatments for prostate cancer when PSA was rising. It seems to have worked so far (5-6 months). Not sure if some ‘side effects’ are those or no, but certainly mild if so. Maybe: mild very short time memory loss; occasional heartburn; perhaps less immune to usual winter ‘illnesses’ - bout of something like ‘flu over Christmas far worse than for many years.

Dexamethasone 2018-10-27 Person 3 5 0

Well, I had a brain tumour that caused brain swelling that almost killed me. The dexamethasone they gave me got the swelling down within an hour, and basically removed all the symptoms from the tumour. So. Good, right? Probably wouldn't be here without it. The side effects are really nasty though. Sweating like a pig. Eating like a horse, seriously I've never felt such hunger. Fatigue like you wouldn't believe, alternating with energy, I had no idea what I would be capable of day to day, getting out of bed alone or going to work like an energiser bunny. My tongue turned into a cartoon's tongue, all wide and smooth and floppy. My head turned into a bloated pumpkin. Mood swings like you wouldn't believe, I think I got to experience a couple of hours of severe depression thanks to this stuff, and believe me that was not pleasant at all. This drug cannot be stopped cold turkey and in fact doing so may kill you (you need a medical alert bracelet just in case you end up in A&E while on these things, so they know), so they have to wean you off it over a few weeks. Basically. This drug is serious business. It probably saved my life, and certainly alleviated very serious symptoms indeed (I had aphasia from the brain swelling, so I couldn't speak and was staggering around like a drunk). But is also thoroughly unpleasant. Better than the alternative though, eh. I guess if you get prescribed it, you need it, and it does work, but get ready for an unpleasant ride.