Targeted treatment

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Hi, my partner is due to start targeted treatment Dabrafenib. Just wondered if anyone on here is on/was on the same and if suffered any side effects,? X

  • Hello NannyStan I was on Dabrafenib back in 2015 for 9 months. I lost every freckle while on it and underarm and pubic hair other than those superficial things nothing else. The hair grew back a few weeks after I stopped and went onto Pembrolizumab. 

    We are all different there’s a list of all possible side effects that you will be given and a telephone number to report things to.

    Good luck for your partner and yourself.

    Take care KT

  • Was on them for 12 months throughout 2019. Had nothing too serious other than a bit of a random rash and occasional night sweats and did have a bit of a fever when I first started taking them but only for a day or two. 

    All the best.