User Reviews for Sutent oral

Started 1/09. I went on a cruise end of May and waited an extra week to start and have had nothing but trouble since. I now have a perianal dermatitis. They lanced the abscess and now I think it's infected.

I have been on Sutent for 4 months. Renal Cell cancer. Have no taste buds, everything tastes like salt. Hands and feet are peeling, very hard to walk. the worst is a rash in groin area that turns into red bloody looking blisters. Sick to stomach, can't eat.

I have been on Sutent for two years. After reading the reviews I find I have gone through all the side efects. It took 18 months for my hands and feet return fully back to normal. My worst effect is the loss of appitite during the 4 weeks on the pill and the diarea. It returns to normal on the two weeks off. Keep with it gang as the results I have are all good news. bone cancer from kidney cancer being held in tow.

Besides the loss of taste, metal taste, blisters on tongue, shortness of breath, severe pain in the jaw, feels like giant severe toothache but is now moving up towards the sinus cavity.

Taking for 11 months. Had spread to lymph nodes. Scans have shown shrinkage each time. No new spread of the cancer. Side effects minimal. Cold intolerance, watering eyes, some small tongue ulcers first few months, some weight gain, minimal diarrhea. Taste has mostly returned. Light rash on arms sometimes. Very pleased with results and minimal side effects.

I am a caregiver and it was taken by my son. While it did extend his list - it was very painful for him.

use dr.scholls gelpads for sore feet and moisturizer daily..pepcid chewables or tums for queasy stomach..have been on it two months..scans are stable

Twelve months on sutent. Twelve months I am still alive! The feet, the hands, the runs, and all the other stuff still bother me huge. My tumors did get smaller after the first 2 doses, and now are under control. Which is good, my other kidney was removed because of this abomination called cancer. Together we will win!!

Just finished 3rd course, my tumours have shrank a little, blood count is low. I have had a sore mouth and changed to childrens toothpaste which really helps, I can't bear hot or cold drinks either and taste is going. I can live with the side effects I am so happy with the results so far and remain super positive for my family.

my 6th dose on sutent had 2 catscan result are positive. side effects are sore feet like blisters,hard time walking, diahearia, bleeding nose, lose of apetite, blood pressure is high,have to take blood pressure pill to control blood pressure.

i just my first sutent course 20 days before my dr said it will be helpfull.after reading others opinion i am more optimestic.main side effects are severe headache cracked skin of hands and feets nausea mouth ulcers and taste change .

I have just finished my 13th round of Sutent. Like others the skin on hands and feet crack and peel. Diahreah also comes after back on the pill for two weeks. After 3 MRIs in a year The results are incouraging. My bone cancer after the Kidney was removed has improved. Hang in there gang it takes a while. The hands and feet are pretty much back to normal now but took 8 months.

i HAVE BEEN ON SUTENT FOR 5 MONTHS NOW - THE MOST BOTHERSOME SIDE EFFECT IS SORE AND PEELING FEET - MAKES IT PAINFUL TO WALK AT TIMES. ALSO HAVE HAD STOMACH CRAMPS, BUT THEY ARE TOLERABLE - IT'S THE FEET THAT BOTHER ME THE MOST SINCE IT MAKES IT HARD TO GET AROUND ( I EVEN BORROWED CRUTCHES FROM A FRIEND FOR OCCASIONAL USE). THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MY FIRST SCANS CAME BACK POSITIVE. HOPEFULLY THE SIDE EFFECTS WILL DIMINISH OVER TIME AND NOT WORSEN.

The worst side effects for me has been the hand and foot thing. some months I have difficulty walking and opening and closing my hands. The other side effects have been manageable. I have been on Sutent for 14 months and my tumors have been stable.

I have taken the medication for 6 months and it has been working. I have had side effects such as diarrhea, cracked skin, muscle cramps, sores in mouth, and no taste.

i have just finished my 3rd batch of sutent after the second batch my doctor did the ct scans and my lung tomers were shrinking GOD bless

My grandmother was issued Sutent recently for Stage 4 Renal Cancer. Unfortunately, the drug did not work for her. Sutent apparently accelerated the growth of the cancer and also contributed to an ulcer she developed. As of February 22, 2008, she has been removed from the drug and has been given up to 2 years to live. She also experienced several very rare side effects with this medication, taking her doctors by surprise.

lowers my white blood count

My father(RCC,phase4) is taking this med for 6 months. So far he experienced swollen face, cracked/irritated skins, low appetite,faintness, anaemia,weakness. Good news is that His tumor regions have been stable.