Any advice for coping with bone pain from G-CSF injections please?

[Catfeeder]

Hello lovely people

I have 5 days worth of injections and finding bone pain in my back quite painful, the CNS recommends heat and paracetamol and I’ve found a few articles on using antihistamines, does anyone have any recommendations at all please?

Thankyou

X

[Lovedogs41]

Hi thereSorry to hear of your pain.For chemo bone pain I took Loratadine 10mg,which is an antihistamine you can pick up from the supermarket.I think it did help with the pain.Also a high strength quality cbd oil taken several times a day.

I really hope it improves for you x

[Catfeeder in reply to Lovedogs41]

Hi, Thankyou , we have some in the house for my partners hayfever so I’ll ask the nurse giving tomorrow’s injection, x

[Catfeeder in reply to Lovedogs41]

I tried this morning and I do seem to be in less pain Thankyou x

[Lovedogs41 in reply to Catfeeder]

Aww that’s great to hear I am so glad it helped you.I found that you do have to take it daily and start it 2 or 3 days before chemo day and again after for a few days.x

[Lyndy]

When I had bone pain on carbo/taxel they supplied heavy duty co codamol. I didn’t need to take it for very long..luckily xx

[Catfeeder in reply to Lyndy]

Hi, I’m allergic to codeine but Thankyou, there was a suggestion I could have less than the 5 injections if the pain was too much so I am being monitored x

[SUE7777]

I'm sorry your in pain, when I was in pain I took Oramorph plus paracetamol and found the combination worked well, I didn't need it for long. Hope you get on top of it soon. Sue xx

[Catfeeder in reply to SUE7777]

HiSue, I think I had oramorph pre surgery, used to knock me out for a few hours but at least that snuffed out the pain. The pain does seem less today and I’ve tried the loratadine this morning x

[Ruebacelle]

Hi. I had them and had back pain.used novacain patches. They worked

[Catfeeder in reply to Ruebacelle]

Thankyou for the suggestion, if I need the injections for my next cycle , just have 1 more tomorrow , I’ll look them up, do you get them prescribed or pick them up at a chemist? X

[Ruebacelle in reply to Catfeeder]

Your onc should routinely prescribe them as part of the protocol

[Catfeeder in reply to Ruebacelle]

Understand Thankyou again x

[testarossa71]

Keep up with paracetamol, and add ibuprofen in between doses - so if you take 4 x 2 paracetamol at 10am, 4pm, 10pm and 4am, then you take the ibuprofen at the halfway intervals so, 1pm, 7pm, 1am, 7am. Obviously those timings can be played around with, but what it helps to do is ensure that your pain never really peaks, but is kept at a manageable level. I've had pain with this before and am not allowed to take ibuprofen so was stuck with paracetamol (which didn't really help me) or cocodamol (which worked, but knocked me flat out!). I hope you find a solution x

[Catfeeder in reply to testarossa71]

Thankyou, pain is reducing so hopefully I am on top of it now x

[SopSinger]

Behind the curve here, but I used to work for the company that makes G-CSF and the recommendation was to use loratadine (Clarityn) for bone pain. It's unclear why it works better than ordinary painkillers, but it appears to do so. Hope you're feeling better today.

[Catfeeder in reply to SopSinger]

Brilliant Thankyou, I’ve certainly had less pain and have been taking the loratadine with the injections. X