User Reviews for Adriamycin intravenous

Three days after my infusion along with Taxol, I was extremely sick for eight days. Extremely weak, nauseated, bone pain, no appetite. On the ninth day I started feeling better. All of my hair on my entire body came out. I had stage 3 breast cancer and now I have damaged heart muscles 11 years later. Slight chemo fog still. Neuropathy, balance is not good.

I experience no severe side effects during treatment with this medication. It has been 5 years since the end of my treatments and I have developed cardiomyopathy (a weak heart muscle) causing my ejection fraction to be around 24% (50% is normal). I will have to have an internal defibrillator device implanted to make sure my heart doesn't stop.

Developed heart palpitations.

HATE THIS DRUG. NOT SURE YET OF ITS EFFECTIVNESS, SINCE I'M NOT FINISHED WITH MY TREATMENT. IT CAUSES HAIR LOSS,HEART PROBLEMS WHILE ON THE DRUG OR DOWN THE ROAD.

have developed severe heart failure

VERY HARD TO TAKE

Did not feel bad at all while on this med

I was given this drug for Hodgkins Lymphoma. I call this drug red devil. It changed the color of my fingernails and toenails. It has been 6 months since I completed chemotherapy and my fingernails and especially my toenails are still a different color. My urine was the same color of the drugs when I received chemo, but it only lasted a day. I loss my appetite. I still have very little appetite. I still feel nauseated, and I vomit easily (well I always had a weak stomach this just made it worst). Just happy to be alive. Thank God. Read More Read Less

After 3rd and last cycle I experienced loss of balance. Following a neuro investigation 2 years after the administration of the drug I was found to have damage of the balance centre in the brain linked to this drug. I have seen the results of a small study showing womenn over 60 treated with this drug for breast cancer are more likely to be affected by damage to the balance centre.

Just finished my treatment praying it works a hard drug had nausea and had to sleep for days after 10 days things were better Unknown if it worked

I had no problems with this at all. They normally follow it the next day with a Neulasta shot, and THAT made me sick until I learned that if you take an antihistamine like Claratin one hour before the shot, you won't get sick. Ask your doctor about this. It really works.

2009 six treatment three week apart I was able to work, however the day after I was weaks but was able to work. I lost my appetite,hair loss, no nause memory lapse at time, low wbc,rbc and hgb how by the time the next treatment is due it was back up. [ adraimycin and cytoxan]

I had six courses along w/ cytoxin and emeds in 1998, followed by radiation. I'm cancer free and have not had any other health issues.

I was very ill during my treatments, vomiting, joint pain,low counts for many blood work up's, sore's in my mouth,hard to eatand have heart issues after only 1 year from treatment. My breast cancer came back almost 2 yrs on the date I was originally diagnosed.Now the breast cancer is in my spine and many other bones.

I guess the best thing is that I am in remission. Probably due to this and the combination of drugs. Not sure if heart symptoms I experience are from this or not. Since chemotherapy 3 years ago I have not been able to exercise aerobically much beyond walking or I feel like I can't get adequate blood flow and breath well enough, like I'm going to faint. My heart beats very rapidly with minimal exertion. Wondering if it's because it was effected by this drug.

I rec'd 3 courses of Adriamycin & Cytoxan in 1996. Have remained CA free. However, am now developing numbness and some pain in toes. Primary Care Phy. believes it is a side effect from the above. Have not been able to locate any info.information provided to me regarding this as a side effect.

This drug got the job done, but caused me to have Congestive Heart failure, 2 leaking valves on my heart, low lung function,Cardiomyopathy, and Cardiac Arrhythmia. I had 4 rounds on 2 different occasions. I am a 3X breast cancer survivor. It also made me very sick. But I am cancer FREE. THANK GOD!!!!

I was 50 yrs old when treated, 4 years later the memory loss, concentration & organization have not fully returned. This has made returning to the work place difficult.

I received this drug 15 yrs. ago for breast cancer. I now have congestive heart failure + have to take medication daily. I also have developed another primary site of lung cancer.

I did not have a lot of side effects to this drug it was everything else you take that you get sick from. I did not have any vomitting at all while on this.