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Dear Lisa,
My side effects from Xeloda (the short time I was on it) were disastrous. As you may remember from previous posts, it landed me in the hospital. I was taking the full dosage for my body mass index(BMI) which was 4300mg a day. FYI, I'm about 5'9" and 145 pounds. On the tenth day of taking it I woke up very dizzy and just passed out on my way to the bathroom. My doc had me immediately stop taking it and we thought all would be fine(or maybe I just did). Anyway a couple of days later I developed the nausea and diarrhea. Just be watchful for any sign of fever and don't wait around if one should develope. I ignored the early warning signs and developed a raging infection that entered my blood stream through my intestines that were so ravaged from the Xeloda.
I don't want to frighten you, but if your white counts are low and infection should develope it can be really hard to get things back under control. I just would hate anyone to have to go through that experience.
Take Care, Kim in CA
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