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Becky · 06-01-2009, 05:29 AM

Ellie

I had this with Taxol (same drug class as Taxotere). See if you can use either a hydrocortisone cream or Benadryl cream or gel. Not both - just one or the other.

I used hydrocortisone cream and it worked well. You can't use it all over your body (if the rash is everywhere as mine was) as it is too much of a dose (so then you have to choose where you are the most uncomfortable.

The cheek flush is common with the taxanes.

06-01-2009, 05:29 AM	#2
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	Ellie I had this with Taxol (same drug class as Taxotere). See if you can use either a hydrocortisone cream or Benadryl cream or gel. Not both - just one or the other. I used hydrocortisone cream and it worked well. You can't use it all over your body (if the rash is everywhere as mine was) as it is too much of a dose (so then you have to choose where you are the most uncomfortable. The cheek flush is common with the taxanes. __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"