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- November 25, 2011 at 6:42 pm
My husband, Mike's been on the Zelboraf since Oct. 3, had to stop taking do to severe rash and throat swelling. Waited 10 days because he could not get in to see Oncology doctor. But then restarted at lower dose of 3 pills twice a day. He still has side effects joint pain and tiredness and fatigue. Spoke with the Zelboraf Access Solutions Patient Support Nurse, she said he could go down to 2 pills twice a day. Just wondering if anyone out there has had to change dose? E-mailed the doctor to see if that was okay with him.
My husband, Mike's been on the Zelboraf since Oct. 3, had to stop taking do to severe rash and throat swelling. Waited 10 days because he could not get in to see Oncology doctor. But then restarted at lower dose of 3 pills twice a day. He still has side effects joint pain and tiredness and fatigue. Spoke with the Zelboraf Access Solutions Patient Support Nurse, she said he could go down to 2 pills twice a day. Just wondering if anyone out there has had to change dose? E-mailed the doctor to see if that was okay with him.
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- November 26, 2011 at 4:38 am
Welcome to our forum. I encourage you to fill in some info on the profile page that you
may wish to create for your husband. This will help us to help you better.Sorry to read that Mike has had significant side effects. For general info on Zelboraf
see: http://www.drugs.com/zelboraf.html Here is some info on dosage:
http://www.drugs.com/dosage/zelboraf.htmlAlthough Zelboraf can work well in a small number of cases, I think that it would be
wise to look at other treatments if your husband has to discontinue Zelboraf.Hope this helps.
Frank from Australia
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- November 26, 2011 at 4:38 am
Welcome to our forum. I encourage you to fill in some info on the profile page that you
may wish to create for your husband. This will help us to help you better.Sorry to read that Mike has had significant side effects. For general info on Zelboraf
see: http://www.drugs.com/zelboraf.html Here is some info on dosage:
http://www.drugs.com/dosage/zelboraf.htmlAlthough Zelboraf can work well in a small number of cases, I think that it would be
wise to look at other treatments if your husband has to discontinue Zelboraf.Hope this helps.
Frank from Australia
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- November 26, 2011 at 4:38 am
Welcome to our forum. I encourage you to fill in some info on the profile page that you
may wish to create for your husband. This will help us to help you better.Sorry to read that Mike has had significant side effects. For general info on Zelboraf
see: http://www.drugs.com/zelboraf.html Here is some info on dosage:
http://www.drugs.com/dosage/zelboraf.htmlAlthough Zelboraf can work well in a small number of cases, I think that it would be
wise to look at other treatments if your husband has to discontinue Zelboraf.Hope this helps.
Frank from Australia
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- November 28, 2011 at 7:20 pm
yes, i have reduced dosing twice…
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- November 28, 2011 at 7:20 pm
yes, i have reduced dosing twice…
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- November 28, 2011 at 7:20 pm
yes, i have reduced dosing twice…
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