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Old 05-25-2006, 03:48 PM   #2
Becky
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Herceptin is a very easy drug to take. Did your onco order a muga or echocardiogram to see if your heart is in decent enough shape to take Herceptin.


You will find the first dose tiring and you may get a headache and achy. But otherwise, its really ok. Did you ask why you are only getting 6 doses as most get 52 weeks of the drug (18 treatments, one treatment every 3 weeks and some people get weekly treatments for a year).

You will not lose your hair (it is an immunotherapy not chemotherapy) and it does help with the risk of recurrence.

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Becky
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