steroids on tax

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hi there
can anyone tell me how early i can take the second steroid the day before tax please
regards karen

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I used to all of mine before lunch time ,to try and avoid sleepless nights

Mary
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hi mary
really.did you take them all together.was that ok? the chemo sister said take the 2nd one at teatime and that i would have a restless night.as if things aint bad enuff.
regards karen

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I had 8 to take and would take 4 first thing and the other at lunch, that is what I was advised by nurse,
Mary
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Hi

I had 8 to take, the first 4 at breakfast and the 2nd lot by 1 o’clock. I was advised that if I took them after that I would be hitting the ceiling all night !

Liz xx

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thanks to all
i will follow you guys…after all…you’re the ones that have been through it

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Babybellebooboo

It’s not to say you won’t be awake all night !! I didn’t usually sleep for the first few nights after chemo. All part of it I’m afraid.

Liz xx

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I too still had sleepless nights, but as Liz says, its no surprise with what we are putting up with

Hope all goes well

Mary
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please can someone help me -

my chemo nurse told me to take 4 steroids at 6pm. i’d rather take them earlier as i don’t want to be up all night. i have finished with my 4 fec and start my 4 tax tomorrow. i have took the first 4 of my steroids at 9am today. when i was on fec i only had to take 2 steriods twice daily for 3 days and was told then not to take them after 2pm or i would be up all night my does has now been doubled. what should i do?

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I had an allergic reaction to Tax in spite of taking the steroids. My advice would be do what the chemo nurses tell you. What’s a sleepless night, after all, in the big picture?

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Hi Vodka - when I was on Tax I used to take mine early in the morning and the next lot at about 1.00pm and not any later. That was the advice from the chemo nurses. I don’t think we sleep anyway when we are on steroids

Liz x

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Hi Vodka

I take mine at breakfast and evening meal, about 6 or 6.30 and find that they have no effect on my sleep at all. Have had 3 FEC and £ TAX.

Kinden
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Can I just ask you ladies please, what mg are your tabs? Mine are 20mg but I only take 2 the day after tax, then 1 the next day, then 1/2 the next, so apart from the IV steroid at the time of chemo that is it

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just bumping this up ladies to see if someone can answer

hope you are all ok??

xx

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I could do - and know I have some in a bottle somewhere and will have a look for you xx

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Hi all

I only have 3 steroid tablets (perhaps they are timed release? They look a bit like Contact 400) to take - one the day before chemo, one the day of chemo and one the day after.

I have to say that I’ve only just been told not to take them in the evening (or it could have been me not paying attention earlier!) and had been taking them around midnight. And I found that, taking them at midnight, I slept like a log - perhaps they take a few hours to kick in? I don’t usually have any trouble sleeping - hadn’t known steroids were supposed to keep you awake!

X

S

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Hi all, I have to take four steroids a day for three days, I was advised to take 2 at 9am and 2 at 1pm that way it won’t keep me awake and this is my second lot of chemo and I have taken them as advised and have been ok, junieliz

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Hi all - remember there are different types of steroid!

I’m on dexamethasone, I take 8mg twice day before, day of and day after then I take 4mg twice for 4 days. I often don’t manage all 4 days as I get SO lairy…

sometimes I sleep and mostly I don’t.

The steroid is supposed to reduce inflammation and reduce fluid build up to help prevent allergic reaction and nausea. I still get fluid - - currently can’t breath well and have gained 7lb in 2 days!!!

And they say it’s a science…

Td x

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Hi - just checked what steroids I had when on Tax. I had to take 4 - 2mg tabs twice a day, starting the day before Tax and continuing for 6 days. I always took last ones at around 1 o’clock in the afternoon as had been warned that your mind would be too awake to sleep if taken after that. I never slept properly on chemo and haven’t since.

Liz xx

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Hi all

Just checked - my steroids are dexamethasone, too. 1 x 16 mg tab per day, so I imagine it has to be a slow release one (otherwise I’d be dancing on the ceiling for a few hours, I reckon), which I imagine also explains why I can sleep whilst taking them…

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