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 | "Chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy is caused by the chemotherapy drugs used in cancer treatment."
American Cancer Society
Chemotherapy drugs can strip the coverings from the nerves, particularly those of the hands, feet, arms and legs.
The higher or more frequent the dose of the chemotherapy drugs, the greater the chance it will cause neuropathy or nerve damage.
Nervous system changes in chemotherapy patients can even develop months or years after treatment.
Per the American Cancer Society: "The symptoms or signs of CIPN (chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy) depend mostly on which nerves are involved. The most common symptoms are:"
• pain
• burning
• tingling (or a "pins and needles" feeling)
• muscle shrinkage
• weakness
• balance problems
• trouble with tripping and stumbling while walking
• loss of feeling (numbness)
• decreased or no reflexes
• increased sensitivity to temperature (usually cold) or pressure, so that things hurt more than usual
• constipation
• trouble passing urine
• blood pressure changes
• trouble swallowing
Some people with nerve damage first notice a "pins and needles" feeling, not unlike when an arm or leg falls asleep.
As motor nerves are the most sensitive to toxins, this nerve damage may make you feel clumsy and have difficulty walking. It can cause difficulty in daily activities such as opening jars, fastening buttons, or even squeezing toothpaste tubes.
If you have been given any of the following drugs, it is a possibility you may have neuropathy: (Note: these are not the only drugs that have been shown to cause chemo-induced neuropathy.)
Abraxane, Accutane®, Adriamycin®, Adrucil®, Agrylin®, Alkaban-AQ®, Alkeran®, Alpha Interferon, Altretamine, Ara-C®, Campath®, Capecitabine, Carac™, Casodex®, CDDP, Celgene, Cisplatin, Cytosar-U®, Cytoxan®, Dacarbazine, DaunoXome®, Deltasone®, Docetaxel, Doxil®, Efudex, Eldisine®, Eligard ™, Eloxatin™, Etopophos®, Fludara®, Gemzar, Gleevee™, Hexalen®, Hexamethylmelamine, Hycamtin®, Idamycin®, Ifex®, Intron A® (Interferon alfa-2b), Kidrolase™, LCR, Letrozole, Leucovorin, Leukeran, Leukine™, Leuprolide, Leurocristine, Leustatin™ Liquid Pred®, L-PAM, L-Sorcolysin, Lupron®, Lupron Depot®, Matulane®, Medralone®, Meticorten®, MTX, Navelbine®, Oncovin®, Ontak®, Onxal™, Orasone®, Pactitaxel, Paraplatin®, Platinol®, Platinol-AQ®, Rheumatrex®, Roferon-A®, Taxol®, Taxotere®, Thalidomide, Thalomid®, Thioplex®, Toposar®, Trexall®, Trisenox®, VCR, Velban®, Velcade®, VePesid®, Vesanoid®, Vinblastine, Vinblastine Sulfate, Vincasar Pfs®, Vincristine, Vinorelbine, Vinorelbine tartrate, VLB, Xeloda®,
The only way to correctly manage this neuropathy is to address the real causes, not the symptoms.
The Nerve Support Formula is a proven method of addressing nerve damage. |
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