Waiting to start on Niraparib targeted therapy medication

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Hello Wave. New on here so thought I would say hola Blush. Finished my chemo mid April and just waiting for blood results before starting on targeted therapy medication. Any one else on Niraparib? Many side effects? Thank you.

  • Hola  and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.

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  • Hi there. I also finished chemo mid April, got NED in my CT scan (hurray!) and started Niraparib one week ago. So far so good. I'd read about all the things that could have happened to me and at this point I'm mostly just feeling tired and with occasional tired headaches. I've got some brain fog too, but I'm not sure if it's these drugs or a hangover from chemo. I have a funny taste in my mouth sometimes, but nothing major and it's nothing at all like the effect chemo had. Anyway I'm relieved to be in generally good shape so far. It's given me the confidence to go back to work on a phased return from next Monday. I hope you've had good news from your blood test by now. Good luck with everything! :)