Side Effects Of Bcg Therapy For Bladder Cancer

Bladder irritation e g difficult painful frequent bloody urination urine leakage or incontinence.

Side effects of bcg therapy for bladder cancer. Almost no side effects other than a slight stinging when urinating. Intravesical therapy involves instilling a drug chemotherapy or immunotherapy directly into the. Sometimes pain fatigue fever chills blood and tissue in urine etc. But there can be a few side effects such as.

It can range from simple. Side effects of bladder cancer treatment surgery. Theracys bcg live intravesical is made using the organisms of a bacteria bacillus calmette and guérin used to treat bladder cancer that is localized has not spread to other parts of the body. Fever chills fatigue a burning sensation in the bladder urinary urgency or frequent urination blood in the urine.

Unless you are unable to urinate or have severe pain i d say most side effects fall into the normal category. Common side effects of theracys include. Bacillus calmette guerin bcg is a type of immunotherapy drug used to treat some non invasive bladder cancers. These are not all of the side effects that may occur.

If any of these signs last more than 2 days or get worse call your doctor. Side effects requiring immediate medical attention blood in urine fever and chills frequent urge to urinate increased frequency of urination joint pain nausea and vomiting painful urination severe or continuing. Call your doctor if you have bladder irritation that bothers you or does not go away within 3 days. The type of surgery you need for bladder cancer will depend on the extent of cancer.

It s given directly into the bladder intravesical. Fast forward to having over 30 infusions and i can say that every time is different. For those of us diagnosed with non invasive bladder cancer there is some relief with the knowledge that there are treatments that can stop the spread of the cancer from within the bladder lining.