Side Effects Of Herceptin And Perjeta

This document contains side effect information about trastuzumab.

Side effects of herceptin and perjeta.

Perjeta is a targeted treatment for her2 positive breast cancer. What are side effects of perjeta. After the chemo was done t c i only had minimal side effects from the biologics i was more tired and had a little bit of lower gi symptoms. This will be given to you if you have not received anti her2 therapy or chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer first line.

Common side effects of herceptin include. Common side effects of perjeta include. Metastatic breast cancer treatment. Perjeta along with herceptin trastuzumab and docetaxel is a first line treatment for her2 breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body metastasized.

Both perjeta and herceptin can cause heart problems but few women in each treatment group experienced those side effects. Perjeta pertuzumab injection is a monoclonal antibody used in combination with trastuzumab and docetaxel for the treatment of patients with her2 positive metastatic breast cancer who have not received prior anti her2 therapy or chemotherapy for metastatic disease. Perjeta pertuzumab is used together with herceptin and docetaxel to treat breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. Febrile neutropenia infection asthenia dizziness fever headache nausea pain skin rash vomiting abdominal pain back pain diarrhea flu like symptoms insomnia.

Still women in the perjeta treatment group were slightly more likely to have heart problems. 0 7 of women in the perjeta treatment group had heart failure 0 4 of women in the standard treatment group had heart failure. I was in a study and am not sure if i had perjeta with the herceptin for sure but my oncologist was fairly certain that i had both. Because perjeta is likely to be given with herceptin it s important to know that problems with heart function or developing heart failure can sometimes be side effects of herceptin.

While research has found that adding perjeta to herceptin doesn t increase the risk of heart problems your doctor will likely want to test your heart function. Some of the dosage forms listed on this page may not apply to the brand name herceptin.