Has anyone else had the same allergic reaction to the sub cut jab? Had 4 with chemo and came out in the most itchy rash after the first jab. I’m going to have antihistamines and steriods IV as a premed to see if that stops the reaction. The worrying thing is my oncologist said she would stop the herceptin if I react again. There’s no way I’m going to let that happen given what a game changer it is so I was wondering if anyone had been treated successfully and how. Many thanks x
Hi Scotty66
Yes, I did react to Herceptin twice during treatment. The first time it happened was halfway through the 18 treatments and they stopped the infusion and then restarted it again slowly. I think I felt a bit faint and not quite right but the second time was during my last infusion and I came over extremely faint, stick, heart beat went sky high, blood pressure all over the place, temperature raised and can’t remember what else. They gave me oxygen, antihistamine, steroid injection & paracetamol and then monitored me for quite a while. They said if I ever needed Herceptin again then I would have to take precautions first with antihistamines & steroid, like you’ve been told. Hopefully it’ll help you. Good luck xx