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Chris Oldroyd - 26 Aug 2004 08:35 GMT

Hi

My mum has just been taken off her medication and told to start getting
Faslodex injections instead.

Does anyone know or have any experience of these injections as we have heard
many conflicting stories with regard to side affects etc

Any info would be much appreciated

Thanks
Chris

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Michelle - 01 Sep 2004 00:28 GMT

Chris,
I did monthly faslodex injections for over a year with no side effects.
It's just a pain to go in every month. Have your mother ask her doctor for
some emla cream to numb the area before the shots--the needle is VERY long
and the medicine is really thick--I hear that it hurts A LOT if the area is
not numbed. Good luck.

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Cathy Emerson - 01 Sep 2004 01:37 GMT

Whoa!! Thanks for the warning. I may need to go on it some day.
Cathy

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Graham Oldroyd - 08 Sep 2004 18:53 GMT

Can I ask why you stopped the having the injection and did it work when you
were on it?

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Michelle - 12 Sep 2004 02:26 GMT

Yes, it worked for a while keeping my tumor marker under control, but once
it started going up, I switched to Xeloda, which I am on now.

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