While taking taxotere or chemo drug combinations including docetaxel such as tac patients may experience the following.
Taxotere side effects permanent hair loss.
Hair loss may be permanent.
The rare side effect can have a negative impact on survivors quality of life.
But some women who took taxotere reported permanent hair loss.
Peak hair loss occurs at two months.
This class also includes taxol paclitaxel.
At approximately 10 to 14 days hair loss begins.
In the event it is not however the hair should begin to regrow within a few months of stopping the medication.
According to the latest medical research taxotere induced permanent alopecia appears to damage hair follicles in a similar way to permanent hair loss from aging.
Expected timing and duration of symptoms for most cancer patients.
Hair loss typically peaks.
Alopecia or hair loss is a common side effect of chemotherapy.
In 2012 the annals of oncologypublished a studyof permanent hair loss in 20 women who had been treated with taxtoere.
Hair loss fluid retention low red white blood cell count nausea diarrhea fatigue bloating weight gain pain burning at the injection site vomiting fever bloody nose severe skin.
Most patients start losing hair sometime between 10 days and two weeks into treatment.
Typically hair grows back within three to six months after discontinuation of treatment.
Side effects not requiring immediate medical attention absent missed or irregular menstrual periods bad unusual or unpleasant after taste change in sense of smell change in taste discoloration of the fingernails or toenails dry skin hair loss or thinning of hair stopping of menstrual bleeding.
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The research confirmed that permanent and severe alopecia can result from taxotere treatment.
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In addition to physical problems the researchers documented psychological distress as a result of the hair loss.
Both drugs are mitotic inhibitors meaning that they interfere with the process of mitosis or cell division.
In 2012 the european society for medical oncology reported that fec 100 docetaxel breast cancer treatment like taxotere could have permanent and severe alopecia hair loss as a side effect.