User Reviews - Erbitux IV
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Reviewer: 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I had severe facial/scalp acne after loading dose and 1st treatment. Onc adjusted dose and that helped a lot. Still have rash on chest & back and some on face/neck, but very tolerable. The extremely dry skin and the splitting of the skin on fingers, toes, feet and legs is less tolerable, but my CEA has dropped in 4 months significantly for the first time in 1.5 yrs. It's worth it for me!
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Reviewer: loucaf, 55-64 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Seems to work at holding cea count from getting higher but not improving the numbers, 4th week on it had the rash issue on face (especialy around the nose,cheek area), head and sholders but this has gotton better with a med(cream)the doctor gave me. Looks like my doctor will continue but don't know where ths is leading right now. I'm stage 4 colon which spread to my liver and lungs and this is wha
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Reviewer: 55-64 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I came out in a severe rash all over my head and face, it felt like a bad sunburn and someone rubbing it with sandpaper all the time, it was very painfull for about 2 weeks, even the pain meds from my doc did not work
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Reviewer: SOMETHING, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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I have stage 4 colon CA which has spread to my lung. I've been taking Erbitux for about 1.5 years. I have experienced severe skin problems: swelling of my hands,many fissures on hands and fingertips, Hair loss and much DRY skin which flakes off everywhere. I don't know how I have any skin left! I've tryed just about every lotion and cream,OTC and RX with little relef. Now I wear surgical glov
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Reviewer: 65-74 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Caregiver)
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dx in 03/06 w/stage 4 colon cancer this is my 3td treatment w/ this drug acne did start after the 1st treatment on nose and chin. started to lose hair in the hand fulls after the 2nd treatment. overall this is new for me then the prior chemo that I have completed. but the antibotics have dried up most of the acne. just have some sore spots on my head where the hair has left.
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