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Jann · 03-29-2010, 03:45 PM

I don't know how the doctors can call that "a rash"! I had on my nose, around my mouth and on my chin approximately 30-40 of the largest, ugliest whiteheads I've ever seen (and I had acne as a teen)! I would call that every teenager's worst nightmare or Acne From Hell, not "a rash"! I could not leave the house for a couple of weeks!

...until the antibiotic my doctor prescribe kicked in. I will be taking that as long as I take the Tykerb (6 a day). (And it left me with faint marks on my face, as well!)

The good news? The combination I took of Tykerb and Navelbine (simultaneously) left me NED after only two months. So, it was worth it! (And I continue to take it.)

Also, I had really bad mouth ulcers a month or two in, but this time (2nd type of chemo; first did not work) it seems to have cleared up after a month or two.

03-29-2010, 03:45 PM	#3
Jann Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 4	Re: Side effects of Tykerb I don't know how the doctors can call that "a rash"! I had on my nose, around my mouth and on my chin approximately 30-40 of the largest, ugliest whiteheads I've ever seen (and I had acne as a teen)! I would call that every teenager's worst nightmare or Acne From Hell, not "a rash"! I could not leave the house for a couple of weeks! ...until the antibiotic my doctor prescribe kicked in. I will be taking that as long as I take the Tykerb (6 a day). (And it left me with faint marks on my face, as well!) The good news? The combination I took of Tykerb and Navelbine (simultaneously) left me NED after only two months. So, it was worth it! (And I continue to take it.) Also, I had really bad mouth ulcers a month or two in, but this time (2nd type of chemo; first did not work) it seems to have cleared up after a month or two.