beta blocker for herceptin
I went to my cardiologist yesterday due to a drop in my muga. After chemo (a/c) in 2003 my heart function was at 60. Prior to starting hercepting Jan 12th of this year they did a mugs and it had dropped to 50.7. My cardiologist put me on Coreg, a beta blocker. He said that there has been a study that showed over 1/2 the people taking Coreg had no decreased function in their heart. Has anyone else heard of this or been put on a beta blocker?
I called my oncologist and asked it I should take it and he said yes. The cardiologist is still going to do an echo and treatmill to make sure we aren't missing something. I was just shocked to have dropped almost 10 points without being on any chemo or herceptin. At 42 years old my heart should be functioning much better then 50.7%
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Hugs and Smiles,
Angela - NC
Dx May 2003 at age 39
Lt mastectomy, no nodes
DCIS, PR- ER- Her+++
4 rounds AC
Recurrence Dec 2006 Rt lung
2/07 - 3 Brain mets - Radiation
3/07 - Carboplatin and Herceptin
8/07- mets stable. Finished Carboplatin-remain on Herceptin
12/07 - Herceptin only
5/08 - Lung mets grew - tykerb and Navilbene. Reaction to Tykerb -9/08 Herceptin again
12/08 - Lung mets growing - xeloda.
8/09 - Given Zometa for precaution
10/09 - Lung mets back plus new ones. - Put back on Xeloda.
1/10 – Began short-term disability
2/10 –Lung mets growing - Gemzar
9/2010 – Scan show tumors in lungs growing. Put on Ixempra (every 3 weeks). MRI of the brain showed a brain bleed but it had stopped bleeding.
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