Trastuzumab (Herceptin)

Trastuzumab (Herceptin) 2021-01-29 Person 4 5 0

I have been on Herceptin for 7 years now and have trouble sleeping with hot flushes, both are manageable but be nice if I did not have so much trouble sleeping I only manage 4 hours per night and an occasional 7hrs very rarely. But over all the Herceptin seems to be holding the stomach tumour, I understand I will be on this until it totally stops working, which is better than the alternative - shorter life span.

Trastuzumab (Herceptin) 2018-10-14 Person 4 5 0

Problems from herceptin seemed minimal: possibly the cause of persistent diarrhoea (manageable, could also be due to concurrent anastrozole), flaking nails likely to be have been due to prior chemotherapy with taxol as the horizontal lines visible across the nail bed after each course of chemo took 7 or 8 months to grow out and the residual nail fragility whilst still on perception doesn't seem so bad. As the benefit to Her2 positive patients is so clear cut, I strongly recommend this medicine to those for whom it is appropriate. It doesn't go on forever!

Trastuzumab (Herceptin) 2018-08-06 Person 3 5 0

I had this drug injected every 3 weeks for a year. Side effects while having it were few - runny nose and mottled skin on lower legs. I had my last injection in June. Since then my fingers and toes nails have got worse - discolouration, splitting and lifting. I have had a mammogram and all is clear. So all is good so far!

Trastuzumab (Herceptin) 2015-01-22 Person 3 5 0

I was given this by infusion every 3 weeks for a year . My side effects were tolerable but got worse in the last few months, namely bad cough caused by drip from sinuses, also drop in heart function, discoloured breaking nails. After the year I had a Ct scan, and it was found that the cancer had returned in my lymph nodes and breast area. It is not known exactly when it stopped working, but may have held it back for several months from starting to grow.

Trastuzumab (Herceptin) 2015-01-22 Person 3 5 0

This is a cancer drug which is injected once every three weeks. If I haven't died in the next ten to fifteen years I assume that it, along with the others, was effective.