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Hi all, I got a response back from the scientist virtually straight away, here it is: my hair did start to grow back before I finished the 26 weekly doses of Taxol, I thought it was the flaxseed??
Lyn - what a time you have had. We know from treating patients with brain tumours that taxol can require increased dosing on epilim and dilantin to achieve the same level of toxicity ie hair falling out and blood counts dropping. Work has not been done in breast cancer but theoretically the issues are the same. Neurontin does not have this effect. If you have had those expected side effects then probably the dose you have had has been adequate, but if not, then maybe worth retrying a taxane off epilim and on neurontin. Down side is that neuropathy would be worsened on a taxane. Hope this is some help,
Fran Boyle
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