Hello
My wife who had stage 4 ovarian cancer has been taking niraparib for about 5 years. She has had, since the original diagnosis, 2 sessions of chemotherapy, the second following an operation to remove numerous tumours. It has been a great success and all scans since then have shown no sign of the cancer returning. She is back to playing golf twice a week and is physically active. Great news for which we are incredibly grateful. In the last 18 months she has though struggled with a persistent cough that never clears and an increasing level of severe tiredness, both of which are shown as side effects of the drug. Blood tests every 2 months show no problem. Our GP has had sputum analysed and given the all clear. Neither of us or her consultant would countenance stopping the drug. We feel extremely lucky but it would be interesting/reassuring to know whether there are others in a similar situation and whether anyone has done anything to help cope or deal with these effects.
