Neulasta slde effects?

I had my first chemo, followed by neulasta injection on day 2, 8 days ago. The nausea and dizziness improved by day 5 and I have been trying to minimize the use of Zofran, because it gives me pretty bad headaches. Last night I developed spine pain, intense throbbing pain at the base of neck and lower back and pain between shoulder blades. Is this the neulasta? I am taking claritin, but only tylenol for pain; I was instructed to avoid NSAIDs due to effects on clotting.

Dear Cindy 52,
Have you lifted anything out of the ordinary lately? Are you feeling stressed, anxious or having trouble sleeping? Sometimes I experience bad pain in my back, shoulders, neck and other places when I am stressed and anxious. Sometimes I not even aware of the stress, but I feel the effects. If you don't get relief soon, please check with your Dr. The neulasta pain is usually abated be day 8, or that was my experience. I hope you feel better soon.

God Bless,
Lillie

Emmabear wrote: Take Claritin the day of your shot and then for 5-7 days after! Worked like a charm

About 36 hours after Neulasta I got neck and shoulder aches. This would progress to pretty much my whole body, and felt like the aches you get with the flu. It was almost all gone by the 4th day after the shot. I was recommended to Claritin, but I thought motrin worked better.

Does anyone know if zrytec has the affect as Claritin? I take Zyrtec daily to keep my allergies somewhat in check since I am not in the mood to start over with shots again for the 5th time!! (Moving and allergies don't go well together)

I've been using Zyrtec for almost 3 yrs now and it's kept me from getting my sinus infections or bronchitis. I have bad dust mite allergies and the Claritin doesn't usually help with the indoor stuff. But if it helps while on chemo---I'll switch.