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Stephanie 08-10-2007 12:08 PM

Tykerb dosing schedule
 
What kind of dosing schedule are you ladies on for your Tykerb? Are you doing 3 weeks on, 1 week off, or are you taking it continuously with no break?

Odette 08-10-2007 12:22 PM

bad keyboard so l cannot say more
 
continuously with no break

doh2pa 08-11-2007 07:01 AM

No break for me either.

hutchibk 08-11-2007 12:13 PM

continuous, every day, no stopping, no break.

Stephanie 08-11-2007 12:28 PM

Thanks, ladies.

We talked to the pharmacy that's dispensing the Tykerb, and they said they mainly see 3 weeks on, 1 week off. Weird, huh? The literature from Tykerb isn't clear--it just talks about the cycle, but not if there's a break between cycles. The way the onc wrote the script implies one week off, as do the instructions on the bottle of Tykerb, but when we asked her about it, she said, no, she wanted my mom on continuously.

So, continuously it will be, I guess. She's going to have to reduce her dosage, though, I think. It's making her so tired and weak that she can barely eat.


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