Xeloda and Ixempra

mjfromtx
mjfromtx Member Posts: 49
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Xeloda and Ixempra
Has anyone been on these drugs? They also go by the names of Capecitabine and Ixabepilone. Since I am a triple negative my options are limited according to the MDA drs. Then it's Parp Inhibitor trials. Any info would be great! Thanks everyone:)

Breathe, pray, rest, relax, smell the roses, one day at a time. MJ

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  • lillith
    lillith Member Posts: 29
    #2
    drugs
    I couldn't find much. Xeloda: converted to fluorouracil in the body for treating metastatic cancer. Patient usually takes it for 2 wks then has 1 wk rest period. you could google fluorouracil?
    Ixempra is too new for my old books, also a google target.
    these cancer drugs are always so scary, i don't know what to think. wonder what parp inhibitor is?
  • iowasignterp
    iowasignterp Member Posts: 55
    #3
    xeloda
    will be starting soon so no, i don't know much yet but i think i will become intimately familiar with it very soon.
  • Jan_M
    Jan_M Member Posts: 116
    #4
    iowasignterp said:

    xeloda
    will be starting soon so no, i don't know much yet but i think i will become intimately familiar with it very soon.

    Xeloda
    Last week was the first week. I did not have any side effects. I am on one week on then one week off, indefinately.

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