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Regimen Information
For Taxotere, including Side Effects
Taxotere
Drugs in this Regimen:
How Taxotere chemotherapy is given and possible side effects.
Taxotere for the treatment of Breast Cancer
Taxotere (docetaxel) is a drug used in the treatment of breast cancer.
MOST COMMON SIDE EFFECTS OF TAXOTERE
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Risk of Infection
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Nausea & Vomiting
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Mouth Sores
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Diarrhea
For more information, see the 'Expert Resources' tab below.
Community Responses
Often, the most helpful information regarding treatment side effects comes not from clinical brochures, but rather from other patients like you. We've collected the most helpful community resources to help you prepare for the side effects and coping tips for your chemotherapy regimen.
What side effects did you experience while on this medication?
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Burning pain underside of feet, ankles, heels and red raw burnt looking and feeling hands, which gabapentin didn’t relive til after 4 days of severe unable to walk pain.
Mouth, tongue and throat pain, could only eat food cut up very tiny, if I took normal bite of food choke and clog feeling in throat. All foods tasted “hotter” than normal.
- Sun Mar 24, 2013
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Dry eyes: My eyes constantly watered and I thought i had a clogged tear duct, but it was just dry eyes. once I started using artificial tears, the problem stopped.
Did every treatment with my hands wrapped around a bag of frozen peas (in the bag of course)I didn’t get the neuropathy that my other two friends got.
- Thu Nov 8, 2012
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What were the specific side effects that you experienced while taking this medication? How did you manage them?
What coping tips would you give to new patients on this regimen?
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Treatment Overview
This chemotherapy regimen is commonly used to treat:
Other chemotherapy regimens for the treatment of Breast Cancer:
