Strange Cytoxan Side-Effect?
Howdy ya'll! Greetings from the frying pan that is Texas in August. Last month my rheumy increased my Cytoxan from 100 mg to 150 mg because my C-reactive protein shot way up during my last blood tests. I had already noticed that I had alot of daily hair shedding, as I have very thick hair & noticed I was pulling out a teacup-sized poodle of hair a day. I haven't lost any large clumps of hair, just all-over thinning.
However, about 2 weeks after starting the higher dose, I began feeling excrutiating scalp pain, as well as losing even more hair. The scalp pain is so horrible that it leaves me in tears. I can hardly touch my scalp in the painful spots, & just the weight of my hair is severely painful as well. I'm praying my hair DOES fall out in clumps so I can more easily justify whacking my hair off to my husband, who likes me with long hair.
Did anyone else have this excrutiating scalp/head pain with the Cytoxan? Luckily I have pretty strong pain meds for my degenerative back condition, so that's helping a tad, but I've never experienced anything like this side-effect...it HURRRRRRRTS.
Teri from Texas
Diagnosed w/WG March 2015
"Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me." - Psalm 30:2
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