Aleve and Claritin really worked wonders for me.

Hi Dee1234

I have the same issue. Mine is in both hips. More than likely cause from radiation treatments.
You to tell your oncologist about the pain issue and make the doctor deal with it.
Take care. Keep in touch.
And smile.

Claritin not ClaritinD.. My MO had me take 1 pill for 2 days before and 5 days after each treatment. If I started day of treatment it was not enough relief for me. The 2nd treatment I had mild bone pain and very little for each of my remaining treatments. Good luck.

Claritin and Aleve do the trick. There are histamines in the drug they give you; that's why the Claritin works, because it's a histamine blocker.

My shot is neupigen, immune booster and causes me excrutiating low back and leg pain. They give me aleve and oxycodone, but ut has not helped me. :(

My shot is neupogen, immune booster and causes me excrutiating low back and leg pain. They give me aleve and oxycodone, but ut has not helped me. :(

I had the same problem. I took Claritin 10mg (1 a day) and 2 Tylenol 650 every 4-6hrs starting before you get the shot of Neulasta. It really help. (I was told not to take Aleve, Advil or any other aspiring medicine). Hot bath and massages also helps. Wish you the best!

I was told to take Claritin as well. Then Tylenol. I forgot to take the Claritin yesterday and boy did I pay. I won't forget it again. I really does help. Took the Claritin last night and again this morning.
So far pain free!

Years ago I was put on Percocet and told not to worry it was not addictive. I did get myself off the Percocet for and all meds after about 5 years. I could not handle any inseds at that time they put me to sleep so I slept through the pain.

No one ever told me to take Claritin. Wish they would have. They just kept the Vicodin coming.

im gonna try it, as at this point, I'm willing to try anything to make the pain stop. I have to take my neupogen for days 3-9 of my cycle. The pain usually starts late on day 7, or day 8. Maybe the Claritin, tylenol combo will help. Thanks to all.

I hear more and more about Claritin. If you were to give 10 people Claritin prior to a neupogen or neulasta shot, 5 of them would still have pain. So the question is, does the Claritin really help or do the 5 without pain just get luckly and the shots not affect them? My bet is on the later...

I can tell you my Oncologist doesn't think Claritin helps. But it's kind of hard to argue with those who take it and have no pain. I'm still a skeptic though....

I received neulasta once and neupogen 4 times. It wasn't until the final shot that I had any real problems with boine pain. Luckily once the pain starts, it typically only lasts a day. Sometimes two.

the thing that worked best for me was to MOVE - when i got my heart rate up just even a little bit, the pain eased off dramatically.... so, try that on for size. just get up and do whatever movement you can do. for me, that was walking or biking. it was AMAZING how fast the pain would ease up. it was always at its worst when i was stationary.... sorry it's happening at night - that really sucks. but, get up and just move around a little... then go back to bed....

i had it the worst with the neulasta - the worst pain was in my sternum and lower back.... it hurt so bad.... i was "lucky" because i mainly got it during the day... or i slept through it at night! dunno which!

Leepenn, God, I wish the moving helped. When I have this pain, I cannot lay down, I cannot sit down, all I can do is walk back and forth, pace, bend over in some yoga pose attempts to try and stretch and literally rock and sway my hips and legs back and forth while sometimes leaning over a chair top.

I literally get to the place where my legs end up collapsing on me, I drop and my family carries me to the car, me in tears from pain, they take me to the center and then I get a shot of toradol, which is not on my formularly - so they won't give me a script for it - - and within minutes, the pain subsides.

Such an inconvenience while all the other side effects and stuff we go through is going on!!!!
(constipation, diarrhea, weakness, fatigue, etc....)

Thank you so much for your response and feedback. I am quick learning there is such a wealth of love, support and information on here - - especially stuff that we might not even think of, but ends up being helpful - to us.

Love, support and comforting blessings.

Yvette

It maybe from the nuelasta shot. It is not uncommon. My infusion center advised me to take claritan starting 3-4 days prior to get your shot and then 3-4 days after getting your shot. I know how can an allergy pill help with bone pain and aches...but it does!!! Hope this is helpful for you. Best of everything during your treatments.

I also had a delayed reaction one week after my neulasta shot. I took 2 aleve at first, then one twice a day. For the next 3 AC treatments and neulasta shot, I took claritin and aleve the day of the shot and for the next several days. Pain was greatly diminished and manageable. Good luck to you!

Thanks for all the input. I have really come to rely on What Next for support and quick answers.
Thanks again.

Claritin REALLY works!! Start taking it ASAP. It truly is a miracle in a tiny pill. Good luck to you!!

Wish I had been told about it then maybe I would not have gotten hooked on the the percocet 12 years ago

Read my story. It won't make you feel better, but misery loves company. :-)