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Doug Taylor started the topic Leg muscle weakness side effect of OFEV in the forum Join the Discussion: Welcome to all PF/IPF Patients 5 months ago
My only major side effects after 7 months of 100mg OFEV 2x a day is SOB and calf and thigh muscle weakness. Does anyone else have leg muscle weakness? I hope that the problem will soon subside because it interferes with my walking.
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Doug Taylor posted an update 10 months, 1 week ago
I’m on OFEV (100mg/2 times/day) for IPF and Keytruda (200mg infusion every 3weeks) immunotherapy to preclude reoccurrence of melanoma. Both apparently cause shortness of breath which has gotten worse since starting OFEV 4 weeks ago. Now notice weakness in leg strength. Sure hope that the OFEV treatment will start to have a positive effect o…[Read more]
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Hello Doug, welcome and thank you for joining your pulmonary fibrosis forum.
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Hi Doug, thank you for sharing. The weakening of the legs is a symptom of the Ofev regimen that I have not heard to much of. Please ask your physician or call the customer service department at Ofev and ask to speak with a nurse or pharmacist and maybe they can help you or elaborate more on what other symptoms you may expect. Take care, Mark.