Dexamethasone – hoarse voice ?

[davidg]

<br style=”line-height: 17.079999923706055px; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;” /><span style=”line-height: 17.079999923706055px; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;”>I completed my treatment comprising 4 cycles of velcade/dex on the 23rd June. A few days later I began to develop a slightly hoarse voice and mild discomfort. It feels rather as though I have been shouting too much at a sports event. I have now had it for nearly three weeks.</span><br style=”line-height: 17.079999923706055px; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;” /><span style=”line-height: 17.079999923706055px; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;”><br style=”line-height: 1.22em;” /></span><br style=”line-height: 17.079999923706055px; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;” /><span style=”line-height: 17.079999923706055px; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;”>Has anybody experienced anything similar as a side effect from dex? </span>

<span style=”line-height: 17.079999923706055px; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;”>The concern is that if it is not dex related then it could be a malignancy.</span>

<span style=”line-height: 17.079999923706055px; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;”>Many thanks </span>

[davidg]

Damn sorry about that mess. Problem with posting from an iPhone . In short has anybody experienced a hoarse voice after dexamethasone? I’ve had it for two weeks now (last dex was 23rd June) and am beginning to worry that it might be an unrelated nasty in my larynx.

 

[tonyf]

I’m on velcade, dex and thalidomide, two weeks on, one week off, and I have the same voice probs. This is my week off drugs and I am absolutely wiped out.
Reckon dex has a lot to answer for!
Regards
Tony F

[davidg]

Many Thanks Tony

when did you first get the voice thing? Is it there during the week off too?

ps good luck with the treatment !

 

[tonyf]

Hi, yes seems a permanent problem. Not really a hoarse voice more strained, still odd.
Had an appointment with consultant today, she feels that the voice problem is the Dex! discussed feeling wiped out, not the drugs, seems that I have an infection, so have 5 days of antibiotics.
Regards
Tony F

[mikey]

Hi,
Yes Dex does affect the voice , i have been on Dex for 5 years, and about 6 hours after i have taken them in my monthly cycle my voice becomes hoarse and husky, in my case it lasts for a few days, every month, i have not had any other problems with my throat / voicebox etc in that time.
Hope all go,es well for you .
Mike.

[davidg]

Thanks Mike. Mine has been odd/hoarse for about 3 weeks now. Hopefully not permanent , but in any event less worrying that cancer of the larynx !

[langdale]

I get the same reaction after my dex days. It lasts a few days so not really a problem unless it happens on a  Thursday when I am a quizmaster without a mic at my local pub.

[Mothas]

Yes I get a hoarse voice too. It normally resolves a week or so after my Dex burst (I tkae it at the beginning of every month fro 4 days)

[Helen]

good evening gentlemen,
I have this trouble too, an assume dex is the problem, no pain but husky. My husband says it’s quite nice!!!!
Helen

[davidg]

Turned out that it was caused by laryngeal reflux – probably Dex related. Combination of gaviscon and raising the head of the bed seems to be sorting it out.

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