neupogen pain

im starting to realize im not alone with the pain from neupogen shots however the last 2 sets of shots put me in the hospital even after i took about 400mg of morph for the pain , the hosp then gave me more pain killer and admitted me im feelin wimpy and teary eyed im tired of being sick and alone cancer that is in my bones and hep c fractures in my hip im asuming from the meds from what ive read im trying to keep my pain meds down but 500mgsof morph a day and my 30mgs of instant release every

5 hours later it was pretty painful,im not a weeny i can handle pain but this is a pain i could do without. so from then on i took childrens ibpro. 1hour before no more pain with that so if i have to cont. the neuprogen maybe i should do the same with this---thank you !

I believe that your pain complaints are valid and this may be a side effect of neupogen shots (this bone pain can be part of the usual 'flu like' side effects associated with the drug). If you are experiencing pain from this treatment, then I believe it is inhuman to withhold pain medications for you, though I agree there can also be side effects from the chronic intake of pain medications (such as dependence or kidney problems).

Neupogen can cause major bone pain, here are some things I find help me a bit, To me this is worse sometimes than the infergen! Ibuprofen is good, I tak epre injection pre sleep. Warm bath helps, heating pads also I have lately found stretching and small walks help also, It is major hard to get going on these, when all you want to do is lay there and cry, but dig deep, because it does help. laying there I think makes it worse, all the muscles tighten up.

My bone pain from neupogen was mainly in my leg bones. It lasted a few days. As I got used to the neupogen it wasn't nearly as bad as the first few injections.

My hematologist has explained that no one knows the reason that neupogen causes bone pain in some people. It has been said that neupogen stimulates the bone marrow and that can cause the marrow to push against the inside of the long bones and cause some pain. But your guess is as good as anyones as to why it happens. The good news is that most people get used to the neupogen and it stops hurting.

Anyone get any help with bone pain and seems like a migraine after neupogen ? I am on my second shot and it's 4:30 am and I have been up all nite with a horriable headache and severe nausea. Will call docs today and ask for something.

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Chemo is such a harsh treatment and the rescue drugs like neupogen are also hard on your body. Ask your docs for pain meds, they should give you whatever it takes. Try posting your question on both the Hepatitis C and the Hepatitis Social Community forums, lots of people who post there have taken neupogen and can advise you. There's a lot of traffic on those boards so you'll get an answer sooner.

In all phase 2 and 3 trials‚ medullary bone pain‚ reported in 24% of patients‚ was the only consistently observed adverse reaction attributed to Neupogen® therapy. This bone pain was generally reported to be of mild-to-moderate severity‚ and could be controlled in most patients with non-narcotic analgesics; infrequently‚ bone pain was severe enough to require narcotic analgesics.

Oy. Three doses of Neupogen a week? Given how quickly Neupogen works and how short it lasts that makes sense based on what I read about Neupogen. After much debate I went ahead and started Neupogen when my ANC hit .40. I am only on the 300 mcg on Sunday. Intellectually I knew what to expect but I had no idea how overwhelming the pain is.

I was diagnosed with stage 4 Hep C in April 2007 and since then I have had a liver transplant and I'm on my 6th month of interferon treatment. I have had little or no side effects from the interferon, but recently started injecting procrit. That first injection of procrit made me feel worse than the interferon ever has. Tomorrow I'm supposed to start Neupogen injections. I'm scared of that! What kind of side effects can I expect from that? Will I have to take these new drugs long?

I am at week 36 and having problems with my wbc, my dr gave me a shot of neupogen and said nothing else . I woke at 4 am with the worst bone pain I ever had , feel like my hips and back are broken , did anyone else have this, when I called my dr I was told noone experianced such bad pain but me, anyone? My dr is against giving any pain meds for this treatment no matter what and I fear he is simply not sympathetic to me.Am I just a big baby?

The neupogen does not. I had no visable side effects from the neupogen although after I completed treatment and was still doing the Neup for a few weeks to bring up the whites, I noticed the side effects (bone aches). Masked by the INF and RIBA and the Procrit, who knew what was causing what? One thing I was told about Neupogen by my hemotologist was to wait 24 hours after the INF or do it at least 24 hours before. NOT AT THE SAME TIME because the INF and NEUP counter act one another.

Low ANC may not cause fatigue but for some Neupogen is worse than the treatment drugs. Fatigue, fevers and bone pain and if your one of the unfortunate ones like myself to get those side effects, good days are few and far between.

I find that really odd - that you are having a reaction to neupogen 16 days after the shot. I believe neupogen is fast acting and does not stay in the system very long. Many cancer patients receive several shots, days in a row, to bring up the WBC levels.

I don't remember seeing too many problems aside from the common bone pain from Neupogen to tell you the truth - most longer term problems from my recollection seem to stem from the SOC itself. It's pretty common for blood levels to go off a cliff on treatment and I just thank God that we had the available rescue meds to continue onwards and get to SVR. Whether it be the reds or the whites......I think in the end it pays off. Some folks aren't even allowed rescue meds....

I started it in September and I remember you were in so much pain from already frequent Neupogen dosing. You really managed to soldier on since then. I was so scared. I only had to take it 3 - 4 times and it was awful and now here you are FIVE months later still on it. Every three days. Girl you have a lot to be proud of. Sorry your Aunt is like that but glad you are doing OK and hanging in there♫.

Yes, in a trial and they allow rescue drugs. They don't advertise it, they don't offer it, but it's available and I had to ask for them. The trial parameters still require dosage reductions below certain white and red counts. When they reduced my riba for one week, my doc put me on procrit - eprex in Canada - as a proactive measure to avoid the dosage reduction the trial requires when my hgb drops below 10.0. IF my lymphocytes are at or below .

Generally your liver does not have nerves inside of it to feel any pain - which is why the biopsy does not hurt. However there are people who believe the shrinking of the capsule around the liver as the inflammation is going down can cause pain. I'm not sure how true that is or not.

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