› Forums › General Melanoma Community › The experience of pegylated interferon with my husband (Sylatron) for 15 months, stage 3A.
- This topic has 6 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years, 2 months ago by blden2186.
- Post
-
- February 6, 2014 at 5:14 pm
I will tell us my husband experience with pegylated interferon since October 2012.
Side effects that my husband has after the first month and still continue:
Hairloss
dry skin
problems with vision and teeth
joint pains
loss of muscle mass
headache
fatigue, fatigue and fatigue! this is the worst
insomnia
some anemia
increased triglycerides
increase in transaminases (liver damage)
sometimes dizziness and memory loss
loss of concentration
The first two months were high doses, then half of the dose.
Despite all He is living a normal life, and working full time.
While there are no guarantees, my husband wanted to do the treatment.
Greetings from Argentina
gaby
- Replies
-
-
- February 6, 2014 at 9:26 pm
I can definitely identify with the Faatigue, even without the interferon! For the triglycerides, an over the counter item that helps is slo-release nician. My GP long ago prescribed 500 mg after a few years my dosage was raised to one in the mornig and one in the evening. Read up on other benefits the niacin can also provide.
-
- February 8, 2014 at 2:34 am
I had the month long interferon 3C , then radiation, then the 3x a week shots. Tolerated the shots for 17 weeks and quit in December as I could not deal with side effects anymore. Fatigue was terrible, nausea was increasing, joint pain, did I say fatigue ?
PET scan done last week was good – finally a break in the action. Husband and I may just take a vacation now.
-
- February 8, 2014 at 2:34 am
I had the month long interferon 3C , then radiation, then the 3x a week shots. Tolerated the shots for 17 weeks and quit in December as I could not deal with side effects anymore. Fatigue was terrible, nausea was increasing, joint pain, did I say fatigue ?
PET scan done last week was good – finally a break in the action. Husband and I may just take a vacation now.
-
- February 8, 2014 at 2:34 am
I had the month long interferon 3C , then radiation, then the 3x a week shots. Tolerated the shots for 17 weeks and quit in December as I could not deal with side effects anymore. Fatigue was terrible, nausea was increasing, joint pain, did I say fatigue ?
PET scan done last week was good – finally a break in the action. Husband and I may just take a vacation now.
-
- February 6, 2014 at 9:26 pm
I can definitely identify with the Faatigue, even without the interferon! For the triglycerides, an over the counter item that helps is slo-release nician. My GP long ago prescribed 500 mg after a few years my dosage was raised to one in the mornig and one in the evening. Read up on other benefits the niacin can also provide.
-
- February 6, 2014 at 9:26 pm
I can definitely identify with the Faatigue, even without the interferon! For the triglycerides, an over the counter item that helps is slo-release nician. My GP long ago prescribed 500 mg after a few years my dosage was raised to one in the mornig and one in the evening. Read up on other benefits the niacin can also provide.
-
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.