No Strength After Novantrone Treatment
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:15 am
My wife just started Novantrone.
Her MS has been getting much worse for 3 years now. She doesn't have relapses or remission, she has constant, daily problems walking. She falls alot even with her walker. She is in a freefall towards a wheelchair and she's only 38. The neurologist started her on Novantrone after several other drugs failed to do anything.
She got her first Infusion on Friday. All was fine. Saturday morning she could not wake up. I tried to wake her up and she just had glazed over eyes and only speaks one-word replies to questions. She has no strength. She cannot get out of bed. It's Monday morning now and she's been asleep since Saturday morning. I wake her up to give her water but she can't sit up on her own and I have to assist even in drinking fluids to keep her hydrated while she sleeps. She just won't wake up!
Has anyone else had, or heard of this effect? If so, how long did it last?
Thanks for any information you may have.
Her MS has been getting much worse for 3 years now. She doesn't have relapses or remission, she has constant, daily problems walking. She falls alot even with her walker. She is in a freefall towards a wheelchair and she's only 38. The neurologist started her on Novantrone after several other drugs failed to do anything.
She got her first Infusion on Friday. All was fine. Saturday morning she could not wake up. I tried to wake her up and she just had glazed over eyes and only speaks one-word replies to questions. She has no strength. She cannot get out of bed. It's Monday morning now and she's been asleep since Saturday morning. I wake her up to give her water but she can't sit up on her own and I have to assist even in drinking fluids to keep her hydrated while she sleeps. She just won't wake up!
Has anyone else had, or heard of this effect? If so, how long did it last?
Thanks for any information you may have.