Hi there, just curious if anyone here has the same experience, is it posible to have IV herceptin on the first 3 cycle then switch to fix dose subcutaneous herceptin from the 4th cycle onwards? Im just a little bit confused as my nurse said, its ok. (onco out of the country) any feedback will help, thanks in advance.
I had Herceptin but all 12 treatments were infusions... just finished my last one Thurs.
Yes when i switched to infusions - they had to clear it through insurance but insurance covered it either way as I am guessing yours might as well. I thought I read somewhere that the injection was actually cheaper if you can imagine.
I had that same question. The infusion nurse said it depends on what my insurance wii pay for. Awful reason, but that’s what she said.
I had herceptin with perjeta infusions with chemo 6 times. Then I had the injection of Herceptin and perjeta for 4 times and took a break because I was doing radiation as well and my nephropathy was very bad. Just now switched to only Herceptin in an infusion since the side effects are much less - hope I can now tolerate that for my last 7 sessions. I was told the seperate infusions had lower risks than the combined injection. But I didnt know this till later on when I wanted to stop the injection. I think the benefits of the medicines wether injection or infusion are equal.
I would recommend two things: ask if side effects are different and your insurance covers with er way.
I also will add the injections is quicker than the infusion and I still need my port for the infusion and it was painful to have it being used for the loading dose which was 90 minutes.
If you want to know more just let me know.
Had 6 months total Herceptin... all infusion.