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Lani,
I've learned so much from this site and I've only found it today!! Thanks for posing the question. I currently work for Genentech and although Herceptin can be a life saving drug for many, there are a few side effects to it. My wife is Stage IV with mets to her liver, lymph nodes in her neck and chest and her bones and has been on Herceptin for 3 months now.
Her side effects are nausea and vomiting, exhaustion, dry mouth and slurring of speech from time to time. She also shakes sometimes which I think might be seizures. I don't know if this is from the chemo, she's on two currently, or from the Herceptin. What I have witnessed personally, is the fact that this drug has saved many lives and that although the side effects of the drug can be bothersome, if given the choice, I'd rather be alive than dead.
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