Cracked nails

[Kmegood]

I’m on Imbruvica since last April . Besides joint pain, my nails are brittle , cracking and breaking .

[AussieNeil Partner Administrator]

This is a common side effect with Ibrutinib, with many finding a high dose of biotin can help, but it takes a while for the effect to show in your new nail growth. See the Related Posts for more on this and other remedies that members have reported as helpful.

If you do decide on taking biotin, be aware that it can interfere with the accuracy of some (generally hormonal) blood tests, so you need to stop taking biotin for a few days before any scheduled blood test. See: healthunlocked.com/cllsuppo...

Neil

[gymbunny1]

I'm taking 1500 mcg of biotin and 3 hair and nail gummies a day.

It seems to work.My hair and nails are growing..Also using hard as hoof on my nails

[Kmegood in reply to gymbunny1]

Thanks . I will check this out with my hematologist

[olyocl in reply to gymbunny1]

I note you say your hair is growing, my hair is thinning a lot when I told my Haematologist consultant he says Ibrutinib is not the cause.

[gymbunny1 in reply to olyocl]

I disagree if you look on this site many are complaining about there hair .Mine was falling out. What Neil says about the blood test is correct.I googled it and will back off a couple of days before I get my next blood draw

[Shepherd777 in reply to gymbunny1]

The hard as hoof nail polish really worked for me, too.

[Kmegood in reply to Shepherd777]

Thanks I may look into that

[Kmegood in reply to Shepherd777]

I used Hard as Nails and did a great job stopping cracked nails . No need to use anything else . I use it a few times and it’s good

[Snoopy234]

After a few months of taking imbruvica (first 140mg and then 280mg per day) my nails started breaking and splitting and my finger tips became cracked. I had to use band aids and finger cots to avoid my nails catching on everything. Then I saw a post which recommended soaking your nails in olive oil for 10 minutes a day. I have been doing this, massaging the oil into my nail beds for a minute or two after removing them from the olive oil and after only two weeks my nails have stopped splitting and are growing fast. I also started using Nutrogena hand cream for my finger tips and either because of the olive oil or the Nutrogena or both, my nails and finger tips are doing fine 😊.