herceptin perjeta side effects

FormerMember over 3 years ago

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Hi,

I have been on Herceptin and Perjeta for nearly a year and am having trouble with side effects.

Our is it? I am anxious, nauseaous, dizzy, exhausted,

diarrheoa, brittle nails, rash.

The most troublesome is the nausea and the hospital tells me this is not normal.

Does anyone else suffer nausea?

Or is it my anxiety, I am anxious about the nausea.

I hope someone else has these problems as I feel zi am not coping.

Thank you

Daisy53 over 3 years ago

Hi Scarlettina

Sorry to hear that you are having such a tough time with your medications. I would suggest that if you haven't already that you contact your Cancer nurse and explain how sick you are and they will help you.

Wishing you all the best

Daisy53

FormerMember over 3 years ago

Hi Scarlettina. Sorry to hear about the side effects. I only had Herceptin, but I felt very cold and i still have brittle nails!
why can’t you ask your oncologist to put Perjeta or Herceptin on hold for say 6 weeks? I used drugs.com to research all the side effects and maybe by stopping one of these for a period of length could help you with the side effects. I am not an oncologist but my oncologist has said that he has patients who get Herceptin every 6 weeks instead of 3 weeks...
good luck and i sincerely hope that your side effects will disappear and you will feel that you can cope again.