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noosa_blue150
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4 years ago

Routine blood tests when on perjeta and herceptin targeted therapy

can anyone on this regime tell me whether they’re getting routine blood tests done prior to each treatment ? Perjeta is suppose to affect white cells  and can cause neutropenia according to EViQ proto...
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Lisa1407
Member
4 years ago
Hi @noosa_blue150, I am a patient at Peter Mac in Melbourne and no matter what treatment I am on, I have to have bloods done monthly. The pharmacy will not fill prescriptions without you having had bloods done no more than a couple of days before. Appreciate that there may be a difference between private and public though.