Do you take steroid pills for a few days after each round of chemo? If not ask your doctor if you should be taking them as it's pretty standard for them to prescribe steroids and Benadryl pills to take for 3-4 days after each round of chemo. It helps with inflammation and allergic responses.

I imagine that is uncomfortable!! Do you receive any pre-meds before your treatments? I was given a steroid, Benadryl and some other meds right before my infusions, via the port. They were intended to help me tolerate the infusions. I believed it really helped!

Hi, I had the "Taxol Rash" a couple weeks into my 12 wk regime. Mine was little bumps, started with one or two on my neck, then moved to my torso; back, chest, stomach. The neck bumbs went away but the rash on my torso stayed until a few weeks after I stopped the Taxol.
It was itchy and bothered me mostly when in bed. I took a 4 hour antihistamine, before bed and was not bothered. Seemed to be more irritated by a shower.

I hope this was helpful and you are feeling better!
~Cyan

Awesome!! Hopefully, this will turn things around for you! Hugs!

I've had chemo twice now and have gotten 5 different chemo drugs. All of them made me itchy. My ankles, tops of my feet, and lower legs are what get the itchiest along with my scalp. I finished chemo last July and most of the itching is finally gone now except for my scalp, but it's itching less now than before. I tried taking Benedryl and using lotion, but neither helped.

I was allergic to the castor oil that is in the the Paclitaxol and had a bad reaction on my first dose. I was told it's a pretty common allergy. I was switched to Paclitaxol that has albumin instead of castor oil and it stopped the allergic response. Ask your doctor if it might help you to be switched to the albumin version. They always give patients the castor oil version first because it is cheaper. Good luck, I hope you find some itch relief soon ❤️