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Lisa1962 · 02-23-2008, 07:18 PM

I cough and cough and cough

I find if I let the infusion last for about an hour and a half, the coughing doesn't start and I'm fine. It took a while to discover this - at first I was being premedicated with decadron - but I hated that because I felt as if I was on speed for several days - and I ate a TON!

We slowly cut back on the Decadron dose while lengthening the infusion time for the herceptin -

and here I am - getting close to three years!

02-23-2008, 07:18 PM	#3
Lisa1962 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 41	If I infuse too quickly... I cough and cough and cough I find if I let the infusion last for about an hour and a half, the coughing doesn't start and I'm fine. It took a while to discover this - at first I was being premedicated with decadron - but I hated that because I felt as if I was on speed for several days - and I ate a TON! We slowly cut back on the Decadron dose while lengthening the infusion time for the herceptin - and here I am - getting close to three years!