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2 years ago, I took Taxol 12x weekly (after dose-dense A/C). I did not have much neuropathy; I was able to button shirts & tie my shoelaces, as if I did not take Taxol in the first place. Muscle/bone aches, though just occasionally, were more promiment in my case.
I think that to avoid neuropathy as much as possible, you would want to go weekly, not every 3 weeks. I asked my onc, why weekly? So, there you are.
Also, my other question was, why not Taxotere, instead of Taxol? My onc said, at the moment it was just marketing. Meaning that, even though there may have been some mentions out there that Taxotere seemed to be better than Taxol, both of them still had pretty much the same quality.
Was she right? Good question! Since Taxol & Taxotere are very similar, I did not really push my onc for one or another, including extra research on the taxanes.
If you know anything else, please chime in! I do wonder about this myself, from time to time....
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