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Rich66 · 09-25-2010, 11:34 PM

My mom had some stability on Herceptin alone for a while. When Navelbine was added, mom's counts went down and the onc was reluctant to use much neupogen...so ended up getting it in wildly varying schedules.
You could try cutting the Navelbine even further. There's not much info on getting that drug more or less metronomically but based on most of the information out there it might be a good option to try it weekly at much reduced dose....or every two weeks like you mention. Can you get Tykerb with it? Could try other chemos like Xeloda but sounds like you have some indication what you have going might be working. Are you getting the Navelbine at the same time each visit?

09-25-2010, 11:34 PM	#3
Rich66 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: South East Wisconsin Posts: 3,431	Re: Has anyone had success with herceptin alone? My mom had some stability on Herceptin alone for a while. When Navelbine was added, mom's counts went down and the onc was reluctant to use much neupogen...so ended up getting it in wildly varying schedules. You could try cutting the Navelbine even further. There's not much info on getting that drug more or less metronomically but based on most of the information out there it might be a good option to try it weekly at much reduced dose....or every two weeks like you mention. Can you get Tykerb with it? Could try other chemos like Xeloda but sounds like you have some indication what you have going might be working. Are you getting the Navelbine at the same time each visit? __________________ Mom's treatment history (link)