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pffida · 03-17-2012, 02:37 PM

I, too, had to take a five week Herceptin break. But when I resumed, I received weekly treatments instead of every three weeks. The more frequent, lower doses solved the problem for me. I had about 8 months of treatments, so it was a little inconvenient. I'm five years out and all of my follow-up echos have been normal.

03-17-2012, 02:37 PM	#6
pffida Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 33	Re: Herceptin treatment on hold I, too, had to take a five week Herceptin break. But when I resumed, I received weekly treatments instead of every three weeks. The more frequent, lower doses solved the problem for me. I had about 8 months of treatments, so it was a little inconvenient. I'm five years out and all of my follow-up echos have been normal. __________________ Diagnosed 11/06; IDC Stage 1, Grade 2 MRM 12/06; 19 nodes removed, all negative ER/PR-, HER2+++ 4 rounds AC - every 3 weeks 3 rounds Taxol + Herceptin - every 3 weeks (developed allergy to Taxol so stopped treatment) Weekly Herceptin after Herceptin-induced cardiomyopathy from treatments every 3 weeks