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Carol Carlson · 02-28-2008, 08:17 PM

First of all, Doctors have a hard time recognizing that even though the side effect is rare, it's still a side effect.... that's why they list all of them.
We just went through a similar situation with my husband's treatment with Rituxan , a target drug like herceptin.. he's being treated for a rare form of lymphoma.
because the side effects were not " textbook", one of his doctors discounted the fact that it might be the treatment causing the side effects and was seen by a neurologist yesterday and is having an MRI tomorrow. If the MRI is normal they will probably confirm that yes, indeedy, his unusual, though listed side effects were caused by the treatment.
Doctors, though as wonderful and brilliant as they are can be a rather " odd lot"....
Carol

02-28-2008, 08:17 PM	#3
Carol Carlson Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 77	First of all, Doctors have a hard time recognizing that even though the side effect is rare, it's still a side effect.... that's why they list all of them. We just went through a similar situation with my husband's treatment with Rituxan , a target drug like herceptin.. he's being treated for a rare form of lymphoma. because the side effects were not " textbook", one of his doctors discounted the fact that it might be the treatment causing the side effects and was seen by a neurologist yesterday and is having an MRI tomorrow. If the MRI is normal they will probably confirm that yes, indeedy, his unusual, though listed side effects were caused by the treatment. Doctors, though as wonderful and brilliant as they are can be a rather " odd lot".... Carol Last edited by Carol Carlson; 02-28-2008 at 08:24 PM.. Reason: grammer