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smiths29
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Joined: May 2001
Jun 10, 2001 - 9:47 am

Hi I am new to the boards.
I have had my first round of chemo on May 29th and have had a headache off and on ever since. The doctor said he didn't think it was the chemo, maybe the zofran. I would not think the zofran would be it since I haven't had it for the last week. Anyone else have headaches, if so what did you do for them.
4 treatments of AC, 4 treatments of Taxol, followed by tamoxifin for 5 years. Had a 2.1 tumor with a smaller one starting and 7 involved nodes. All test prior to lump removal had come back negative. We were caught completely off gaurd by this.
jeancmici
Posts: 682
 Joined: Feb 2001
Jun 10, 2001 - 9:59 am
RE: New to board and want advice on headaches

Hi!

I'm up to approaching taxol #3 June22. I had headaches off and on with the first AC but not the rest. The thing that makes AC so INTERESTING (JOKE!) is that I had a different predominant side-effect with each treatment.

Maybe it's the Zofran - some people like Tigan better but no one writing here has mentioned it. I know someone in my area who switched to that because she thought Zofran gave her headaches.

Headaches as you know come from tension and stress - and certainly chemo is stressful!

Good Luck. Jean
Welcome to the group here.

cherdaetwyler
Posts: 165
 Joined: Dec 2000
Jun 10, 2001 - 7:26 pm
RE: New to board and want advice on headaches

Hi,
I didn't really notice headaches with the zofran but then my system is used to SSRI's which is what zofran is (although it supposedly affects serotonin to the vagus nerve). Zofran has a long systemic effect...the full amount is sstill in your system (especially women) 55 hours after the last dosage and it may not clear out of the system completely before the next treatment.
(I realized that I was getting too much of a buildup when I accidentally gagged myself while scrubbing my toungue about 3 days before second chemo and couldn't throw up even though the impulse was there.

best wishes for your health through your treatments.

cher