Hi! I took Olapaib after my second round of chemo, following my op. I was on a two year course of 600 mg daily. On that dose I felt I couldn’t leave the house as I felt so sick so after a week or so it was lowered to 500mg. I still felt ill & had bouts of diarrhoea so decided to reduce it to 400mg after discussing it with my oncologist. I happily stayed on that dose for the remainder of the course with no ill effects & very rarely needed anti sickness tablets. I have been treatment free since September last year (2024) & am on three monthly blood tests. I am BRCA2 and stage 3c and I am 73, having been diagnosed just before my 70th birthday. I assume you are on the 600g dose? I recommend trying to reduce the dosage & see how it goes- it worked for me. Good luck X
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