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What Causes Severe Upper Back Pain After Treatments Of Taxol And Avastin?
My wife has just had 13 weekly treaments of Taxol, sometimes with Avastin. Straight afterwards she started having severe upper back pain, mainly on her left side, and is only able to lie down with a hot water bottle. She is unsure about pain killers, fearing that they may adversely affect her stomach. Do you have any suggestion?
Mon, 20 Jul 2015
Both these anti cancer drugs are known to cause joint pains, back pains and other side effects. So it has to be there.
Yes, I have suggestions. Only criteria your wife n you have to believe in holistic Ayurveda remedies.
Pain killers are of no use except in very severe pain sometimes.
Start giving her Turmeric powder in warm milk or water ( 1 tsp to 1 glass of liquid) twice a day. It's tasteless, safe, side effect less and healer, antiinflammatory, bacteriostatic herb. Useful in cancer too..whatever little. If she doesn't like it then capsule Haridra ( its also turmeric) of Himalya's 1 TDS.
Tab. Rumalya forte 1 BD (with warm water preferably) will also do away pains steadily. No side effects. No interaction or counteraction with other drugs.
Hot fomentation is good.
In one month she will start enjoying benefit of these Ayurvedic Medicine.
Wish her all the best.
If it helps, thank HCM.
Yes, I have suggestions. Only criteria your wife n you have to believe in holistic Ayurveda remedies.
Pain killers are of no use except in very severe pain sometimes.
Start giving her Turmeric powder in warm milk or water ( 1 tsp to 1 glass of liquid) twice a day. It's tasteless, safe, side effect less and healer, antiinflammatory, bacteriostatic herb. Useful in cancer too..whatever little. If she doesn't like it then capsule Haridra ( its also turmeric) of Himalya's 1 TDS.
Tab. Rumalya forte 1 BD (with warm water preferably) will also do away pains steadily. No side effects. No interaction or counteraction with other drugs.
Hot fomentation is good.
In one month she will start enjoying benefit of these Ayurvedic Medicine.
Wish her all the best.
If it helps, thank HCM.
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