Taxotere and watery eyes

Eyes..
Had the same experience with Taxotere/ Cytoxan....partly due to the drugs and partly due to having no eyelashes..my nose ran like crazy, too...some have posted they used eye drops, which helped....I didn't use anything.....mine stopped when chemo was over...especially when my eyelashes grew back...
Some one will chime in with their experience and what helped them...
Best wishes, Nancy

Watery like a faucet
I had 4 rounds of A/C and 12 rounds of Taxotere. My last infusion was in August 2010. When my eyes were still watering in Nov. 2010 I went to see an opthamologist. He said my tear ducts appeared to be undamaged by the chemo and that this is "a well known side effect of Taxotere." He said that the excessive tearing would eventually go away but could not say when that might be. I was prescribed the eyedrops Lotemax to try. They did no good whatsoever. So here we are almost 10 months post chemo and my eyes are still watery like a faucet. I know that a number of the Pink Sisters have recommended using eye lubricant/artificial tears but that was of no help to me. I will be interested in seeing if anyone comes up with any new suggestions. This constant wiping of the eyes is a real pain.

IRENE

Cando
I had very watery eyes all through chemo. I couldn't control it so just kept drying them with a tissue. At times I had tears floating down my cheek while laying on the rads table. It's perfectly normal and once your lashes grow back it will stop. Stay patient
{{hugs}} Char

sea60 said:

Yes!
And it was so emarassing, especially at work. Then people always thought that I was "touched" by their stories...until I told them it was the medication.

Very annoying...but it goes away once treatment ends


Hugs,

Sylvia

I had the watery eyes and
I had the watery eyes and drippy nose too. Taxotere, Carbo, and Herceptin. I had forgotten about the eyes, but it did stop after the last treatment. The drippy nose has not stopped and I am sure it is related to the Herceptin. It is worst the 3rd week. My onco says she has never heard of this, and it must be allergies, but I am almost 1 year out, and am sure it is the herceptin. Pretty darn confident my "allergies" will go away when I have had my final herceptin!

Heatherbelle said:

Mine were the same when I
Mine were the same when I had taxotere also. Ditto the runny nose. I found using over the counter allergy eye drops game me some relief. This stopped shortly after i finished chemo.
*hugs*
Heather

Runny nose and eyes
Had a constant runny nose during chemo and found taking Claritin once a day during my entire treatment almost stopped it completely. Continued it for about 2 weeks after the last cycle. Check with your dr first before starting but may also help with watery eyes.

I didn't do Taxotere but on
I didn't do Taxotere but on A/C my eyes and nose 'ran' like spigots that were turned on. OTC moistureing eye drops help a lot. The nose running bothered me more as it would decide to 'turn on while walking through a store or somewhere else and it is quite embarassing to have to keep a tissue to your nose sontinually so that 'water' isn't literally dripping out of your nose in a steady stream. But that passed and didn't have that problem with Taxol.

Taxotere (docetaxel) is notorious for this. Possible permanent eye damage. Clogging of eye ducts prevents drainage. There are lawsuits against Sanofi the developer of this drug. There's a surgical procedure that can be used to help alleviate this but you need to see a surgical Opthamologist and tell them about your chemo drugs used.

Did your Oncologist warn you about this and possible permanent eye damage? They're supposed to. As I have previously mentioned there are lawsuits because of this problem. I had read about it online and asked my 1st Oncologist and she lied to me and said it never happens. I sent her documents showing this and she got pissed off at me. Needless to say I switched Oncologists and the 2nd one acknowledged that it can happen. Look into the lawsuits. You could claim damages to help pay for the fix. Make sure your eye doctor and surgeon, and your Oncologist are documenting it all.

That's why there are lawsuits. Sanofi knew but failed to warn. Also, once they did Oncologist also didn't warn. Warnings went out in mid 2000s around 2014 or so. I brought it up with my Oncologist and she lied and blew me off. I said I'd hold her liable if if it happened and she she got very nasty. I changed Oncologist to someone who told the truth. This was at KU Cancer Center, a major US center. Fuc* liars. I would never trust a Cancer Center nor doctors that lie.