Back on Erbitux

Man, Phil, I'm sorry that you have to go back to that **** drug. I seriously and sincerely hate Erbitux. It erbisux as far as I'm concerned. I suppose it *might* have kept me from having a recurrence after going into remission (there is really no way at all to make any valid statements about how effective the drug was for me), but I'm supposedly on a chemotherapy break, and it's been almost two months and I STILL have the rash. I'll be interested to know about side effects the second time around, because if they are as bad as the first time, then I'll pepper spray any nurse that approaches me with an IV pump and a bag of that drug. But I have heard of a drug called Panitumumab, which operates in a similar way to Erbitux but it is made from human proteins. Erbitux is made from mouse proteins, I think, and since the other is made from human proteins it is supposed to cause less of an allergic reaction. Maybe you could ask your doctor about it. If you do, please share any information that you learn.

Best wishes on whatever treatment you do.

Rodney

hillby said:

Hi Phil-

Byron has been on the Erbitux for a while and the rash gets worse as soon as he stops using the Clindamycin Phosphate cream. While using the cream, he looks like he has been in the sun, but no acne looking spots.

Hilary

Hi Phil...you said you had good results? Well mate, I hope that included few side effects after seeing what Rodney wrote(you might like to use ammonia Rodney...cheaper than pepper spray!)
Anyway Phil...all the best from us here...we hope that if you continue with the treatment the "nasties" will stay away and so will the **** cells.
cheers, Ross n Jen