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Priscilla -
First, I would like to know what you have that you need the herceptin for - a met someplace or just a prevention??
I took herceptin WITH weekly Taxol and Navelbene for my liver met. Now I am on every 3-week Herceptin and Zometa.(Had a complete response!)
The IMPORTANT thing to know is that when we get a 3-week dose it takes longer to infuse. The every week dose took less time. When I went on every 3 week dose there was something called a "loading dose" and the next infusion in 3 weeks has a "half life" of THREE weeks. So there is NO TIME between infusions that I am NOT PROTECTED.
If you have one week off - the important thing to find out is if that truly IS a week without protection of the Herceptin working in your body, OR if you get a 2-week dose (which would seem weird to me).
One more question. Do you have a heart condition that is giving your doc reservations about how you can tolerate this drug??
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