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Posted 7/21/2022 7:32 PM (GMT -5)
Anyone taking Xgeva. Any side effects. I have received a monthly shot for 4 months. Fatigue is extreme. Cost $6,000 per month. Thinking of discontinuing.
Posted 7/21/2022 7:45 PM (GMT -5)
Not taking it but check GoodRX and manufacturer site for better pricing.
Posted 7/22/2022 10:08 AM (GMT -5)
ps: My wife gets Xgeva injections quarterly (or every 6 mos) and has not had any complaints but she is on other drugs that fatigue her for a week per month. Monthly shots may be relatively worse in light of not being on any other meds that cause fatigue. There are alternatives to Xgeva to ask about also.
Posted 7/22/2022 8:36 PM (GMT -5)
Been on quarterly xgeva shots since 2017--through it all: taxotere, lupron (now orgovyx), zytiga, xtandi, Provenge, radiation, etc etc. Though my bone mets have decreased pretty significantly, especially from my LU-177 TXs, docs say to stay on it.

Insurance pays it 100% (Cigna from my work). I haven't ever detected any SE's from xgeva, though I've always taken it with everything else that results in fatigue, night flashes, etc. Hang in there.
Posted 7/25/2022 8:13 PM (GMT -5)
Wooglin,
I have been taking Xgeva shots 4 x a year almost continuously for 6 years. Oncologist gave me a break two years ago for 6 months, after bone density test showed my bones are "normal strength" Also month vacation recently due to insurance elapsed. Now my new United HealthCare AARP RX plan says they will pay 85% but my copay w and now they say will be 863 dollars. Currently my new City of Hope Oncologist me I do not need to take it! There was side efffects, of fatigue and some pain at injection site for one day after the shot.

Whats your diagnosis/.profile and what's
the story of your forum name??

Wings aka Dan in So Cal
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