Oral Cancer Medicine Side Effects

Call your health care team right away if you have a fever of 100.4° F (38° C) or higher and you have chills. It could be a sign of an infection.

You can call day or night. 

• Essentia Health Cancer Center in Duluth, Minnesota
• 218-786-3625 or 888-203-7267 (answered 24/7)
• Northwest Wisconsin Cancer Center in Ashland, Wisconsin
• 715-685-5260 (8 am - 4:30 pm)
• 715-685-5320 (after 4:30 pm)
• Essentia Health St. Joseph’s Cancer Center in Brainerd, Minnesota
• 218-828-3113 (answered 24/7) 
• Essentia Health Cancer Center in Fargo, North Dakota
• 701-364-8910 (8 am - 5:15 pm) 
• 701-364-3300 (after 5:15 pm) 

Call your health care team within 24 hours if you have any of the symptoms listed below. You'll need medical help, but it is not an emergency. 

• You feel too sick to your stomach to eat and medicine does not help.
• You vomit more than 2 or 3 times in 24 hours.
• You have diarrhea more than 4 times in 24 hours. 
• You have red, dry, cracked or peeling skin, especially on your hands and feet.
• You have a rash. 
• You have bleeding or bruises that you did not have before.
• Your stools are black or there is blood in your stools or urine.
• You feel constipated.
• You feel too tired to take care of yourself.
• You have mouth sores that are red, painful, swollen or open sores. 
• One leg or arm is painful, red or swollen.
• Your skin or eyes are yellow. 
• The palms of your hands or soles of your feet are red, swollen, and tingle or burn.
• You feel confused or very sleepy. 
• You lose your balance. 

Always tell your healthcare team if you have any symptoms that are not normal.