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Had acne on Herceptin
Many years ago, when I first started taking Herceptin back in 99, I began to get this acne rash all over my face and upper chest. My onc assured me it was NOT from the Herceptin, but my nurses took my complaints seriously (I mean, being 33 with 13-year old acne was no fun) and they looked it up in the side effect chart and said that 2 per cent of folks on herceptin will develop and acneform like rash...sounds very similar to what you are describing.
As tykerb and herceptin are both anti-her-2, it may be something in that proteome pathway that kicks off the acne...for me, it was a good thing, as I have used Herceptin alone, every since, so clearly, it was an early indication that I was responding...you will just have to see how things go, but I would take it as a positive sign. Eventually, mine went away on its own.
Best of luck
Gina
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