Has anyone experienced a bad rash or DRESS syndrome from chemo?

Never had a rash from chemo. That sounds awful, Pat. Hope you are feeling better. I did get a rash from Kisqali. It was temporary though and subsided after a week or so. Good luck with the restart!!

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Not currently, but bad rash on my chest & neck in the past.

I too had a rash and was given a prescription cream that works

Cathy, what was the prescription cream, please. For 4 days I have been itching on my face, neck, ears, upper back and very sensitive to heat. I thought it might be from a product my hair stylist used on my extremely dry, fizzy, curly hair. My oncologist nurse has not called me back yet.

Shebbie Raymer- it is triamcinolone cream. USP .1%

Yes, each time I tried that medicine I turned bright pink and itched as well and nausea and vomiting. I could not tolerate it at any dose.

Oh no DEA!

Cathy, thank you. I will ask for that. The itching is better but not gone! Also, if I take Kisqali (spell check wants to change the spelling) and Letrozole and natural supplements at the same time I get nauseous. Have to wait 1 to 2 hours then take supplements. Always a new learning curve!

I have been on Truqap oral treatments and Faslidex injections for 6 months. Ibrance stopped working for me … probably because I have the PTEN mutation . My Truqap side effects started after 8 weeks and the over-all body rash is still spreading . I use Cortizone - 10 itch cream, Aveeno skin relief body wash and I am now on 10 mg. daily of prednisone to control the terrible itching. I hope my rash soon disappears.

When I first started chemo in 2017, I had a bad rash on my neck and upper chest. Since then, not so much