HYDREA Reviews (HYDROXYUREA)Average Rating: 3.6 (121 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare HYDREA with similar:
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RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR HYDREA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ 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 | 3 | Blood platelets high | Leg nerve pains side pain | One years use | F | 80 | 1 years 500 | 6/24/2016 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
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)