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Re: Please post your two cents on Herceptin "side effects" real or perceived!
Had Herceptin only for two rounds before beginning Taxotere/Carboplatin.
Herceptin only side effects:
runny nose from the start. Occasionally very dry.
heart was working harder - found it difficult to walk uphill sometimes. (53 yrs old: walk 2 miles to work and run 30 mins daily)
With 3rd cycle of Herceptin, started Taxotere and Carboplatin.
Heart function continued to suffer. At 3 month check up, LVEF had declined from baseline of 67 to 50.
Started betablockers and heart function has improved considerably. Not sure what the next heart test will show.
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DX Dec 2012: ER-/PR- HER2+
Stage 1, Grade 3
Lumpectomy Feb 1: 6 of 6 nodes clear
Re-excision Apr 5: no malignancy.
6 3-wkly cycles of Carboplatin/Taxotere from 5/10/13
Herceptin for one year from 3/28/13
Radiation X 37
Herceptin related cardiotoxicity: ACE inhibitors and Beta blockers prescribed
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