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Xtandi, Tecentrique: Rash Solutions?

slickjy
slickjy CSN Member Posts: 26
in Prostate Cancer #1

Does anyone have any relief suggestion or experience combatting a severe, full-body rash that has developed while on these drugs? I see that rash and itching are shown as side effects (of which drug, I don't readily recall) and I have developed both conditions.  A truly maddening itch!

Thanks.

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  • redbelly7
    redbelly7 CSN Member Posts: 34
    #2
    prednisone

    Have you tried prednisone?  I am taking prednisone in conjunction w/ Zytiga.

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  • Clevelandguy
    Clevelandguy CSN Member Posts: 1,351 Member
    #3
    Lotion?

    Hi,

     

    Did you try calamine lotion(pink stuff).  I had a bumpy rash in the small of my back and it cleared it up and also provided itch relief.  Cheap solution if it works?

    Dave 3+4

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  • Old Salt
    Old Salt CSN Member Posts: 1,688 Member
    edited November 2017 #4
    Ask the docs running the trial

    I didn't know what Tecentriq was and found out that this is a (monoclonal antibody) PDL-1 inhibitor. Because this immunotherapy hasn't been approved for prostate cancer, it appears that you are participating in a clinical trial (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03016312). Thus, I would recommend that you bring your concern to the trial doctor(s). They should take really good care of their patients...

     

    PS: I doubt that prednisone would be allowed in this trial to help with the rash since it is an immunosuppressant.

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