Claritin or Zyrtec for bone pain?
Starting chemo tomorrow and wondering which one you recommend for bone pain?
I’ve read from some that they recommend regular Claritin but the nurse mentioned Zyrtec was the drug used in the study. She didn’t discredit Claritin however
thoughts?
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Hi justagalwholoveslife-
My understanding as to using an antihistamine is that it is inflammation and it helps with that. My oncologist recommended good ole Claritin, but try the Zyrtec. I used the generic and it did help my bone pain. So did hot baths with Epsom salts.
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Thank you!
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Loratadine (Claritin) has research showing it to have potential for reducing mortality from breast cancer.
"Results:
We found a consistently improved survival of desloratadine users (HR = 0.67; 95% CI 0.55-0.81,
p < .001), as well as of loratadine users (HR = 0.80; 95% CI 0.67-0.95, p = .012), relative to nonusers, regardless of patient age, menopause, estrogen receptor status or stage of the tumor, or whether breast cancer-specific or overall survival was analyzed. The survival of users of other antihistamines varied relative to non-users."
(I don't know how to show that as a quote other than putting quotation marks around it. We used to be able to do so, I think. Apparently not now.)
Edited to say, I guess it works but sure is not obvious. Why hide the function that way?
Link to the article here:
I use Claritin (store brand) daily because I have allergies, but also because it could be just the edge needed to reduce my risk.
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Hi @mountainmia,
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This is different than the option to quote another user's comment, which is found below their comment, as in the visual provided below.
I hope that is helpful!
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I am not sure if Claritin or Zyrtec is better. I took Claritin and did not have bothersome bone aches though. Good luck with your treatments.
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I had grastofil injections during chemo to get my WBCs going. I used claritin and my nurse suggested I use it early in the day before I had the injection and it works best that way—- I also took over the counter pain med and using a heat pack was so great- good luck!
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thank you for the information and insight!
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My oncologist recommended Zyrtec, and it worked well for me to reduce bone pain. I also have allergies year round and since Claritin isn’t helpful for those, I went with Zyrtec. I believe I remember one of the nurses telling me that the bone pain is caused from histamine in bone marrow responding to chemo effects, so in theory either will work.
Post-chemo, I’m back on my generic version of Allegra. Still sneeze loud enough to frighten my dogs a couple times a day, but it’s the best choice as of now.0
