Teri's been on Kytril (2 mg) this past week and had an absolutely horrible sick day Wednesday (and has been sick following every Amaphostine shot). The med onc is changing her to Anzemet for Monday. Any thoughts on if it might be any more (or less) effective than Kytril?
We just finished rad treatment #11 today (she refused the Amaphostine today as she was afraid to go the Kytril route again). The normal regimen is Kytril, Ativan 1mg, Marinol 2.5mg & Scopalamine patch. With all this she was STILL horribly sick within 1 hr of the Amaphostine shots & stayed that way all day & most of the night. She lost 6 lbs this week. Med onc says we'll try the Anzemet & if that doesn't work he will probably recommend stopping the Amaphostine. She's really trying so hard to stay with it because of the fear of loosing all taste & saliva permanently.
Any thoughts?
Bonnie
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Caregiver to daughter (age 41, non-smoker/drinker, aerobic instructor), SCC base of tongue, Stage III (N1M0), Dx 9/27/06, partial glossectomy + modified radical ND 10/16/06, Tx 30 IMRT start 11/9/06