>>>Dr. Margileth: One of the more common chemotherapies
that we give for HER2 positive cancer is a
regimen known as TCH.
That consists of Taxotere, Carboplatin and
Herceptin.
Two of the major issues we have with this
chemotherapy are nausea and vomiting and allergic
reactions, especially to the drug Taxotere.
In order to prevent nausea and vomiting, there
are any number of medicines we can used that
are superb such as Emend or Aloxi or Compazine,
and in general there are several combinations
that will pretty much prevent vomiting with
this chemotherapy.
When Taxotere first came out, allergic reactions
were sometimes very common and often quite
severe.
The main reason for a steroid in the TCH regimen
and many other taxane-containing regimens
is to prevent these kinds of reactions.
If one is allergic to Cortisone, there are
a number of other steroids that one might
use and I am not sure I have ever heard of
a situation in which there was no steroid
that might be applicable.
So with the combination of anti-nausea medicines,
for which there are a large variety and some
steroid, one in general can control the allergic
reactions and also control the nausea and
vomiting very well.
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