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smile...just a word of clarity...
I have no absolute proof about the Benadryl making the herceptin any less effective...it is just that experience has seemed to favor those in the NOT taking Benadryl with Herceptin camp. I have taken Herceptin off and on since 1999 WITHOUT any PREMEDS with excellent results...though I do PRE-Exercise..smile..by walking two miles to the infusion and uh..smile..two miles back...
Good luck to us all--we must make these tough decisions carefully and weigh and measure as MANY factors as we can. Also, a lot of us feel that as her-2 mediated cancers seem to favor mets to the liver..and as Tylenol is admittedly tough on the liver....better to just say no...smile... If you get a fever...chances are it won't go higher than 101 or at worst 102..and will usually break in less than 12 hours...if you read the literature...fevers can be very therapeutic as well so don't fight it...encourage it...get that fever up to where it may do you a world of unexpected good...or so we hope..smile. Happy December every one, Gina
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