Herceptin dose question

[Barbara2]

For those receiving weekly Herceptin, I believe Genentech recommends 2mg/kg for the maintenence amount.

At my last herceptin appointment, I asked the nurse how much herceptin I was getting. She said 130 (something; not sure what she said next) I want to know that I am getting the right dose for standartd NED ("late") treatment.

Does anyone know what 2mg/kg translates into?

Thank you........

[Karen t]

I am on weekly herceptin at dose of 140 whatever; I think the nurse said the dose (in my case anyway) is pegged to weight.

[Lolly]

You need to convert your weight in pounds into kilograms, then multiply by 2(amount of mg's Herceptin per kilogram of body weight) to find what your dose should be...Here's a link to a website that converts kilograms to pounds and vice versa:

http://users.tpg.com.au/doktormj/kilograms2pounds.htm

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