Re-load dose - reactions anyone?

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moonwolf
moonwolf Member Posts: 130
edited June 2014 in HER2+ (Positive) Breast Cancer

I had to take a break from Herceptin of 3 weeks.  I've had 15 out of 18.

I have to choose whether to restart or not.  Am I more likely to get a reaction by going back on it again do you think?  I would need to have a re-load dose over 2 hours. I did not have a problem the first time around.

Thanks.

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  • hansvall_c
    hansvall_c Member Posts: 3
    edited June 2010

    Tough call. If you didn't have any reactions to infusion, does the re-load dose bother you that much? Just the time thing? I am on #12 and still can't tolerate the infusion at the recommended rate. It is what it is. There is a good chance that 15 doses is going to give you great odds at reducing the chance of recurrence, but will 3 more make you confident you did everything possible available at the time?

    I have recently had to stop a second drug in the trial stage and was bothered that some potentially good drug is being withheld from me. I considered stopping Herceptin by choice at the same time, just because I was scared at everything that was happening with the reaction that I had. So I feel for your decision. It will not be an easy on. Sleep well...the answer will come to you. Remember whatever your decision is the right one for you.

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  • moonwolf
    moonwolf Member Posts: 130
    edited June 2010

    It's the thought of having a big dose again.  I dunno I suppose I will do it - then I will know I have done all I can.

    How did the Herceptin affect you?

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