Has anyone taken Lynparza

Posted by 2opinion @2opinion, Apr 19 9:01am

I am so confused . Diagnosed April 22 . Double mastectomy in September 22 reconstructive Nov 22. I just started taking lynparza. Anyone familiar. I have the Barca 2 gene. My file show diagnosis as Malignant Neoplasty. Anything would be helpful

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Chris, Volunteer Mentor | @auntieoakley | Apr 19 8:30pm

Lynparza is for BRCA positive ovarian cancer, is this what you have?

bpknitter53 | @bpknitter53 | Apr 20 10:01am

I am TNBC and BRCA2+ and meet with my onco next week but was also informed I would most likely be on Lynparza.

Chris, Volunteer Mentor | @auntieoakley | Apr 20 11:00pm

Wow, I had not heard that one yet, I didn’t know it had been approved for breast cancer yet.
Thank you for sharing.
I look forward to hearing about your experience with this new drug. I am praying for easy.
Will you come back and share with me?

bpknitter53 | @bpknitter53 | Apr 25 5:13pm

Just spoke with Onco and we're starting the process to get insurance approval and payment assistance with Lynparza – Onco said probably be on it for only 1 year. Her thought is start at lowest dosage then work our way up in dosage as we see my tolerance. She believes that if you start at the max dosage and user has bad reaction – they may stop taking rather than reducing dosage. She prefers to start low ensure tolerance is good then increase from there. Thank goodness it's only for one year. As soon as process is complete and I know how I tolerate – I'll update, but that may be a month from now.