HYDREA Reviews (HYDROXYUREA)

Average Rating: 3.6 (121 Ratings)

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HYDREA  (HYDROXYUREA):  This medication is used by people with sickle cell anemia to reduce the number of painful crises caused by the disease and to reduce the need for blood transfusions. Some brands are also used to treat certain types of cancer (such as chronic myelogenous leukemia, squamous cell carcinomas).    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR HYDREACOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 2  polycythemia no side effects to begin with but extreme fatigue at day 12 and extreme claudication at day 12. Fatigue seems to be common to a lot of modern medications. M 81 15 days
500 1X day
2/14/2011
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 3  Blood platelets high Leg nerve pains side pain One years use F 80 1 years
500
6/24/2016
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 3  Essential thrombocythemia Been taking this medication for about 30 days platelet count went down but have bouts of extreme fatigue and sore bones and leg muscles both of my lower leg and top leg trying to lower my dosage from one a day to 5 a week but I have to find out when and what days I take it F 76 0 weeks
50
6/12/2019
 3  Thrombocytosis Mouth sores occasionally, hair loss, face rash with scaly patches F 76 30 years
1000mg
12/3/2019
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 5  Essential Thrombocytosis None so far after 1 month F 75 3 days
500 mg 1X day
1/2/2021
 5  High platelets Having the poops all the time. I tired. F 73 8 years
500mg 2X day
8/2/2022
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 5  Platelets Diarrhea, constipation, headaces,back, ribs legs hurt all the time.itchy skin, dry skin, hair falling out, tired all the time. Can't hardly walk. Skin is thin n bruse easy n have dark spots. But I'm thankful to still be alive. F 73 10 years
2X day
10/23/2022
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 4  Essential Thrombocythemia 10 years. Fatigue, extreme at times. Hard for husband to understand why I feel so tired all the time. I do exercise and try to keep up daily routines and family commitments. The tiredness is not so much a sleepy tired but a bone-weary feeling of exhaustion. Doing the smallest tasks make me feel so tired. Hydea ia the best choice I guess for my treatment. I tolerate it well except for the extreme fatigue. Not sure how much the disease itself plays into this as well as the Hydrea. F 73 9.5 years
1000mg 1X day
8/21/2017
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 3  Platelets Sweats, hands hot all the time. Nausea Diarrhea , joint pain knees,back, ribs ,sides. Yuky feeling. F 73 6 years
500mg 2X day
8/27/2022
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 4  High platelets Excessive sweating day n night n headache F 72 6 years
1000 mg a 2X day
12/1/2020
 4  For ET Sweating, fuzzy thinking, fatigue F 72 6 weeks
500 mg /d
12/28/2018
 4  EssentialThrombocythemia,Myleofibro I'm sometimes easily tired. Other times I have lots of energy. Over all, I feel fine. Hydrea has brought my platlets down to normal levels. My doctor has tweaked the dosage several times in order to establish and then maintain my blood counts within a proper range. This seems typical, and the tweaking hasn't had any effect on how I feel. F 72 5 months
10/10/2006
 3  High platelets Back n sides hurt. Get out of breath just doing anything.legs hurt feel awful. I've been on hydrea 6 years now I'm paying for it. The pain n can't breathe is the worst. Prayers for everyone that has to take hydrea n has problems. F 72 6 years
500mg 2X day
4/27/2021
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 1  Essential thrombocytemia Been having day and night sweats severe Now developing headaches Dr. told me to take low dose aspirin and that made me bleed more when I cut my self by mistake. Been to 2 oncologists Will probably stop taking it. Cant take sweats and fatigue anymore. Afraid of leukemia and life expectancy on drug. Going to dr next week. There has to be another way. Hope this helps someone else. Was taking 2 500 mg a day. Cut to one ever other day still not gettong relief Platelets are 620 last bloid test. Do these drs know what they are doing. F 72 11 years
500 mg 1X day
9/30/2020
 4  High platelets None I don’t think maybe with working it’s been ok just scared It’s been 4 years on dryers I’m scared F 71 0 days
1000one da
5/5/2018
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 4  Essential Thrombocythemia Fatigue at times, hair thinned a little but could be just from age. Do exercise as much as I can to stay healthy. At 1000 mg daily, has kept my blood cancer managed within normal ranges/ F 71 8 years
1000 mg 1X day
10/4/2015
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 3  Poly vera Stomach cramping constipated diarrhea itchy skin. Headaches F 71 6 years
500mg 2X day
10/20/2020
 4  Essential thrombocythemia Fatigue and excessive sweating. When my dose is increased, my red blood count goes down. My mom had this for her last 18 years and did have to receive blood later in life. She never became discouraged and never knew that I had it. I too feel fortunate that hydrea is doing what it's supposed to do. Taking 1 in the morning and other, or others at night helps me with the fatigue problem. At this point, it's the best option for me. Without taking it my platelet count was going up 25 per month. When I went down to 1000 mg, my count went back up to 800. I went back to 1500 mg two days a week and 1000 five days per week. I'd say it's kind of a balancing act. Splitting the dosage has helped me. M 70 11 days
2 to 3 2X day
11/1/2020
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 4  Polycythemia Vera HAIR LOSS & low iron levels Always had beautiful, thick hair....... lots of hair loss....however, grateful that this med keeps the number of Phlebotomies minimal F 69 8 years
500mg day
7/22/2019
 4  PV Fatigue, joint pain. F 68 5 months
50 MG
7/6/2018
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HYDREA  (HYDROXYUREA):  This medication is used by people with sickle cell anemia to reduce the number of painful crises caused by the disease and to reduce the need for blood transfusions. Some brands are also used to treat certain types of cancer (such as chronic myelogenous leukemia, squamous cell carcinomas).    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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