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Immunotherapy and possible long term effects: Have you had any?
Cancer | Last Active: Sep 13, 2021 | Replies (4)Comment receiving replies
Ipilimumab (Yervoy)
Nivolumab (Opdivo)
The Doctors believe its from drugs and not the cancer but as you mentioned with your Brother, Doctors do not like the alternative prognosis. She has been on Methadone for the bone pain but has feeling so much better that she is trying to ween of the heavy drug. She's had an incredible recovery so far but she see this as a downer even though its helping her in this fight.
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Whatever she needs for bone pain, is what she should take as long as it does not interfere with her quality of life. My husband has a bone marrow cancer that ate holes in all of his bones and collapsed 4 vertebrae. He has been on a low dose long acting oxy and it works pretty good, there is always some breakthrough pain but he lives with that over taking more opiates that would take away some quality of life. My brother with lung cancer has actually had very little pain, since the lungs don’t have pain receptors. It has not invaded his bones thankfully. I am hoping that your wife has enough control on the cancer to be able to reduce without pain. Are they managing the side effects from the immunotherapy?