Does Herceptin cause sweating?

[cynthia1962]

Hello all

Newby again, I am only taking herceptin now my chemo treatments are over hallelujah. I had a rough time through all of my treatments especially the 3rd one. I thought I was about to die. Could not eat for three weeks. To God be the glory I overcame all of that. I too am having night sweets. The chemo took out all of hair so now I am bald headed. And all through the night my head is soaking wet. I have to get up several times through the night and wipe my head. I asked my onc and the states it is hot flashes. Okay now, during the day my head be sweeting and from my arms down be cold. So i am having hot/cold flashes.

[DianneS]

Hi Cynthia,

I guess chemo affects hormones, including estrogen, which is responsible for night sweats and hot flashes. I seemed to get more of them when I was taking herceptin but they are wearing off a bit since I finished that in Sept. Now I have just begun taking Tamoxifen for the estrogen positive bc - so probably more sweating...good thing I live in Canada, where it's cold!

It's normal to have cold and hot flashes if you are going thru premenopause....have you talked to your doctor about it?

When I was going thru menopause a few years before the bc treatment I read some things that can help.

One is to avoid drinking hot beverages -try tepid. Avoid caffeine. Wear 100% cotton nightwear (it breathes) and 100% cotton sheets. I wear mostly cotton clothing or another natural like wool....layer your clothing so you can peel it off in a hurry :0 also they say avoiding alcohol can help because it does raise your blood pressure and body temp. I've been drinking non alcoholic beer and wine occassionally. Not the same thing for sure, but I'm not into drinking anyway. I don't get the flushed face from it.

Thank goodness you're done with the chemo. Congrats for sticking with it, even though you were so sick.

What kind of chemo did you get?

Herceptin made me tired most of the time and made my eyes watery too. Not to mention bowel problems. How many more do you have?

Dianne

[cynthia1962]

The kind of treatments I was taking were carboplatin and taxotere. Now I am just taking herceptin and also taking the tamoxifen. does anyone have problems with taking the tamoxifen.

[DianneS]

I took the same regimen, TCH. I just started Tamoxifen today and I'd like to know if anyone has problems with it, too. So far I feel nothing. How long does it take to kick in?

Dianne

Cynthia - I hated the taxotere too; I had an allergic reaction every time. I did 5.5 sessions of that stuff and each time they had to mix up a different 'cocktail' to get my body to accept it. Fun stuff. My sessions were 10 hours long because they had to go so slow.