Xeloda neck pain

[Mcangel11]

On first week xeloda and I get severe neck and face pain once a day..I take a klonpin and tylenol and relieved in half hour..I don't know if anyone else has it.ROX

[Fiercefighter13]

Hi! I don't know if this is related to what you are experiencing in any way, but I developed bone pain from Xeloda. It's mostly in my ribs, spine and hips. My scans are NED, markers are near normal so my doctor and I chalked it up as a side effect of Xeloda. The pharma literature I get with my prescriptions does say it can cause back, bone, joint and muscle pain. Hope this helps.

[Flower1513 in reply to Fiercefighter13]

Hey there! I think my mom is experiencing some pain also from the xeloda . Would you mind sharing your current dosage and schedule as far as….are you one week on or two weeks on. Mom is currently on 2500 I believe. I think she now takes 5 pills a day it was 6 and two weeks on one week off. And how long total have you been on xeloda now? Thanks so much!

[Fiercefighter13 in reply to Flower1513]

Hello! I’ve been on Xeloda now for 19 months. My schedule has been one week on, one week off from the start. I started on 3000 mg per day - 1500 a.m. /1500 p.m. After 6 months the pain was no longer manageable so it was reduced to 2000 mg per day with only minor pain relief. I took 8 weeks off this last February to give my body a break and went back on at 1500 mg per day - 500 a.m. /1000 p.m. The pain is now very manageable with Tylenol every once in a while, and my markers are still at normal and scan still NED. It’s been a tough one to tolerate but much better now. It has been very effective at controlling the cancer for me. I hope this helps! Best regards.

[Flower1513 in reply to Fiercefighter13]

Thanks so much. I think she is going to ask about going to the one week on one week off schedule. 19 months that’s amazing 🙌🙏. She’s been on it 7 months now. Thanks again!!