Herceptin Injection
Hi There. I have been told Herceptin injection will be available soon. Has anyone had one already. Don't want to jump out of frying pan into fire! :)
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Hi. The Herceptin injection is being offered at my chemo unit. The chemo nurses discussed it with me on Tuesday as an option I may wish to consider. I was told that the injection is on average about 5 mls. The dose is still based on the weight of the patient. It goes in the upper thigh. It takes about 3-5 minutes to receive this drug opposed to 30 -45 minutes to receive it by IV. It's common to get a raised bump at the injection site but that goes down in a couple of hours as the body absorbs the drug. It is being offered to women who are already receiving Herceptin by IV as studies have shown no real concerns switching between the two different delivery methods. I guess new patients may also be offered it. At least 3 women in my chemo unit are having the injections. I was also told there are no plans to allow the injections to be self administered (like Neulasta) at this stage.
Not sure if I will take it up especially since I just had a second surgery to correct my port.
Cheers
Nadine