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Opdivo and Tendinitis

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    • December 18, 2018 at 2:05 pm
    sing123
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      Has anyone experienced this while on Opdivo? I have bad heel pain that wasn’t too bad in the early months of Opdivo but now sometimes I feel like I can hardly walk. Feels like plantar fascitiis (which I used to have at times but controlled with exercise), but now it is so pronounced. Have been heavily dosing with ibuprofen and started soaking with epsom salts and have acupuncture appointment soon. 

      Am I right to be treating this generally like plantar fasciitis?

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        • December 19, 2018 at 4:37 am
        jennunicorn
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          It is very likely plantar fasciitis. I have it myself, started when I was on Opdivo too, but I do not think it's related. I ended up getting an xray of my foot and have 2 ugly bone spurs and I have a drop arch which I guess tends to create plantar fasciitis too. I just deal with it through PT exercises and good shoes right now. Some days better than others but it's really not fun so I feel your pain. I would see a podiatrist for it to get an evaluation. 

          • December 20, 2018 at 4:33 pm
          JuTMSY4
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            I mean, I can say that I had Plantar Fasciatis after a number of Keytruda infusions, but I can't provide a causal link.  There is some supporting research on joint pain and PD-L1, but probably not for that.

            The general treatment is what you're doing (dunno about acupuncture) and lots of rest.  I had to really slow down my exercise regimen until it went away.  It's gone now (about a year later) and I can run normally again.  YMMV

            • December 22, 2018 at 7:02 pm
            lkb
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              Arch stretches and spacious, flat sneakers/boots work for me–pre-nivo, however.

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