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I have been taking the same combo since late August. After a while, I started getting diarrhea daily, often multiple times. I go to an acupuncturist regularly. She has treated the diarrhea with acupuncture, and amazingly it is not troubling me any more. For what it's worth, I took Xeloda about 3 years ago (following Taxotere) and had very bad diarrhea. I was not doing acupuncture at that time. I tried Immodium, and then finally stopped the Xeloda. I really recommend the acupuncture.
Regarding the lowered dose, my doctor has lowered my Xeloda dose because my feet became very painful. Daily, I now take 1250 mg Tykerb and 2000 mg Xeloda.
Good luck,
Elizabeth