Pembrolizumab User Reviews & Ratings (Page 4)

• baf
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• October 1, 2019

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer "Husband was diagnosed with stage 4 non small cell lung cancer April 2017 after heart surgery. Was put on it in the beginning and I believe that this is the only thing keeping him alive. Never been sick or weak, no problem except hard to breath at times."

• TheSu...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• January 27, 2020

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Melanoma, Metastatic "I have stage 4 Melanoma and have just finished two years of Keytruda following a metastasis to my bowel. Thankfully, living in the Uk our NHS covered the cost of it. During this time, I had no side effects other than fatigue which I managed at home. Recent scans have been clear so for me, I am more than happy with this drug."

• Puddin
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 7, 2021

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Urothelial Carcinoma "My husband started keytruda June 2021. The first treatment landed him in ICU with severe adrenal insufficiency. "They" said it was causes by a reduction in Prednisone not the keytruda. I knew better. I've been with him to all appts and treatments since his cancer was diagnosed in 2014. When he had a biopsy and it was decided he was a candidate for keytruda the oncologist was elated. Prior to starting keytruda my husband was walking, talking, driving and living a normal life despite cancer. Keytruda was hailed a miracle miracle drug because my husband had a rare genetic mutation that qualified him for keytruda. He had four doses total and each one made him so sick we were at the oncology office three times a week for fluids and whatever else they put in the saline bag. He started Keytruda June 2021 and currently he is laying in our living room dying under hospice care. The Dr dropped my husband and offered no explanation. I am heartbroken."

• Ferma...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 6, 2017

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer "I have had numerous treatments over the past 18 months, now these didn't improve my general health, but that wasn't very bad at any time. I have now had 4 treatments of Keytruda & find that my general health has improved. My energy levels have certainly risen, certainly not as much tiredness as before, like l can walk 3 mile most days without any bother. Previous to starting this treatment l had great discomfort with fluid on my lung, this discomfort has now gone. I never had any side effects from getting Keytruda, me living a very normal life, long may it continue !!"

• Tess...
• November 17, 2017

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer "My father had Keytruda and now he is dead . Stay away from this form of treatment!!!! It does not lengthen your life it shortens it. It also stops all the good in your immunity. Please stay away from this drug!"

• Lisa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 29, 2023

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer "My brother was diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer in October 2022. He had his port put in on October 12 and they started his first round of chemotherapy and Keytruda on Friday, October 14, 2022. Five days later, Wednesday, October 19, he was admitted to the hospital for a severe lung infection and was put on several antibiotics but the infection got worse. He began to swell so bad that his skin was literally leaking, his kidneys shut down, he was incoherent and couldn’t speak. He had 20 lbs of dHe was on almost full oxygen and full dialysis. He had never had kidney problems before. They did so many procedures trying to figure out what was wrong. He had twenty pounds of fluid on him. We weren’t told of the side effects of Keytruda and what it would do to him. Keytruda killed my brother in 30 days!"

• Duz
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 6, 2020

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer "My dad took this drug because they said his chances were good to prolong life. They said his body tested strong. He took one treatment and was joking around that day. He had almost every side effect with 5-7 days. We lost him within 2 months after this. He was so weak and frail. I don’t recommend it. I regret ever going this route."

• bkcas...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 8, 2022

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer "Stage 1 Lung Cancer 3 years ago surgically removed. No chemo or radiation. Clean lung scans for 3 years. No cancer in the lungs now. However, diagnosed with lung cancer brain mets. Whole brain radiation and Keytruda treatments. Prior to Keytruda treatments patient had NO need for supplemental oxygen. ZERO need for supplemental oxygen. Within 4 weeks and after only 2 Keytruda treatments - severe lung damage occurred. As with other reports here, high levels of oxygen are now required and there is a continual severe drop in oxygen with any movement whatsoever. Sitting up in bed, shifting body to the side, reaching for something, causes severe drops in oxygen levels. Whether the lungs can be repaired or not is yet to be seen. I'm sharing this information with you and hope you will think long and hard before rolling the dice on this drug. The damage done is ironically somewhat more devasting than the cancer tumors in the brain. Think long and hard."

• Keytr...
• June 18, 2020

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer "I believe keytruda killed my dad. After the second dose he quit eating. He was getting sick no energy. Doctors just kept saying it wasn't that and pushing the drug. He had a tumor that appeared and rapidly grew. Also his best friend was on this for the same and he is now really really sick. This is a horrible horrible drug and should be taken off the market"

• Artemis...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• October 13, 2018

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Head and Neck Cancer "I've been on Keytruda for eleven months now. So far the growth has slowed to where we can call it "arrested". At least it has bought me another year of life. The side-effects are manageable, for me at least, so I guess I'm one of the "lucky" (I don't feel lucky having cancer to begin with) ones from reading the other reviews."

• drugs...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 31, 2020

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Urothelial Carcinoma "My brother, who was a healthy 70 year old, was diagnosed with bladder cancer. After 6 chemotherapy treatments, which were somewhat beneficial, he was given one dose of Keytruda. Although his Doctor told him "most of his patients don't have any side effects and if (he) did it would be in 5-6 weeks". Within two weeks, my brother ended up back in the hospital and passed away 5 days later. His records are clear in stating that the Keytruda caused multi-organ failure. He died 5 days later. Keytruda is a very bad drug and should not be available for use. "

• Not...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 16, 2021

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer "My husband has stage 4 metastisized Lung, Kidney and Brain cancer. He started Keytruda in Late May 2021. 3 1/2 months later he is in bad shape. Terrible shoulder pain. Confused. Tired. No appetite is 4 hospital stays. Can't eat solid food. Lost 12 lbs in 5 days! Heart attack. Keytruda is so bad for my loving husband. Please research this deadly drug before you or a loved one is given an infusion. My husband is slipping away from me and his family"

• Maw...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• June 30, 2023

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Renal Cell Carcinoma "I don't know how much it has helped or not helped, but I do know that I've been on Keytruda now for 2 years and I don't have any side effects whatsoever. Thank you, Father. It looks like some people have. I started with renal cell carcinoma in my right kidney. They took out my kidney 9 years later. They found it had metastasized to my lung. I lost the lower left lobe of my lung. And I've been on Keytruda ever since, with Linvema in the evenings as a capsule. God willing, I am okay. Some lung issues while walking or in the sun but otherwise I am okay."

• Heart...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 5, 2022

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Renal Cell Carcinoma "My husband had lung cancer which he had radiation for. Within 3 months it mastesized to his kidney and spine stage 4. He was in terrible pain so they did 15 treatments of palliative radiation. After this, the oncologist encourage him to try the Keytruda infusions. As soon as the infusion started, he said he knew it was a mistake. Upon completion of the treatment, he came out of the building disoriented. Two days later was in ER with low calcium, low magnesium, kidneys were failing and dehydration. By Friday he was under hospice care. It has been 2 weeks since the infusion and continues to spiral downward. Please, I beg you don’t use this treatment. It is lethal."

• Jordan
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 9, 2017

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Melanoma "This drug gave me all kind of side effects that made it impossible to continue taking the drug. I wish I never would have started it. I would not recommend this drug to anyone and would encourage them to find an alternate holistic option."

• Schona
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• April 20, 2021

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Melanoma, Metastatic "Had stage 4 melanoma that presented in my scapular bone in June 2016. Operation to remove meant I lost some movement in my right arm. 6 month later it spread to right femur bone and C3 in the neck. Started Ketruda in December 2016. Scan in March 2017 showed no evidence of any cancer. 4 years later living a normal life. Side effects minimal for the whole 2 years I was on treatment. Immune system kicked back into gear and did the job. Amazing drug as doesn’t poison you like chemo. Highly recommend."

• griev...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 5, 2018

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) "My husband has lung cancer metastisize and is dying before my eyes because of ONE keytruda infusion. Within 20 minutes he became dazed, disoriented, could barely walk. This keytruda attacked his liver, kidneys, heart, and who knows what else. Liver number was 1080, up from a normal 30 - 40. His kidney and heart numbers were equally bad. This drug continues to destroy his body. Now he sits in a dazed condition because of the pain and medication needed to control this pain. I know it works for some but this ketruda is stealing my loving husband from me."

• Madda...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 3, 2021

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer "My dad started Keytruda in March 2021. He had lung cancer. This was pretty much the only option he was given. He died very suddenly 3 months later. One day he started having horrible abdominal pain. Took him to ER where he was admitted to ICU. He had one kidney completely failed and 3 aneurysms. I feel had he not started Keytruda he would still be with us."

• Tom...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 10, 2023

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Head and Neck Cancer "My wife suffered from head/neck cancer. She was strong and had been through multiple lines of treatment for 6 years. After the third Keytruda cycle treatment, everything began to go downhill. She didn't sleep or eat well at all and lost 27 lbs. Her liver and kidneys started shutting down and she died within 2 weeks after suffering from tumor lysis syndrome. No, I cannot recommend this drug. You will just be another lab experiment."

• DWs...
• January 13, 2021

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Urothelial Carcinoma "My husband was diagnosed with bladder cancer 6/20. Tests showed his cancer was Stage 4 with lung mets. He started with a GC combination chemo, but almost halfway through treatment, it was not working. His lung mets had gotten larger. Now he had bone mets on his left hip and pelvis. He was put on Keytruda end of 09/20. For the first 7-8 weeks, he improved to 95% full functioning. After the 2nd Keytruda treatment, he began to fail gradually, where he is now at 10% functioning. His 3 month CT scan showed his tumors in his lungs and hip/pelvis were larger, and he now had liver mets. While waiting the standard 3 months to see if Keytruda was working, his condition continued to deteriorate. The appearence of pseudo-remission initially led to false hope, and the devastating experience upon the deterioration in his condition. I suppose the only other alternative would have been to not have treatment at all during these past 7 months."

• Micha...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 11, 2018

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer "My husband has had seven treatments. The worse side effect has been extreme fatigue although he has continued to work full time. It affected his thyroid, and he is now taking Synthroid. He has been an insulin dependent diabetic for many years, and the Keytruda has apparently affected that also. Working with his endocrinologist to get that under control. He will have a scan done in a couple of weeks. Hopefully it will be good news. We both agree this drug is way better than undergoing chemo."

• JASON...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 24, 2023

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Endometrial Cancer "My wife has taxol and carboplatin chemo due to stage 4 terminal cancer and had 6 rounds of chemo. A CT scan showed a complete response and no cancer was present. She started Keytruda and 3 months later the CT scan showed three places where cancer had grown and a 2.9 cm brain tumor. Keytruda did nothing and $13,000 per treatment down the drain!"

• Blues...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 10, 2022

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Renal Cell Carcinoma "My mom was diagnosed with kidney cancer that spread to her lungs. My mom was talking, walking aside from the cancer nothing physically was wrong with her. When she had her first treatment of Keytruda she started experiencing coughing up blood, severe diarrhea, it got so bad to the point she ended up in ICU unable to walk or talk and eventually she ended up passing away. This drug does not help it only speeds up the death process."

• egerb...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 13, 2021

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer "My mother in law completed chemo and radiation for stage 4 lung cancer, radiation helped a lot with brain and bone tumors. She did one treatment of keytruda, her lungs became inflamed and she died 10 days later. I believe immunotherapy is the future for cancer treatment after traditional options are used, keytruda is NOT it."

• john
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 2, 2018

Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Head and Neck Cancer "4 injections so far on Keytruda as a first line HNSCC treatment. No side effects. Approximately 70% reduction already in my left side face swelling which is due to swollen lymph nodes that have been swollen for years. 3 month MRI due Oct 8th 2018, so too early to say anything about tumor response. Diagnosed 6 years ago but did no treatment until Keytruda as I did not want to do radiation in the oral cavity and was offered nothing else. I have found many sources indicating the patient must have an undamaged microbiome for the treatment to work effectively. Patients on previous platinum based chemotherapies will have a weak microbiome. Action should be taken to restore the microbiome prior to starting immunotherapy. John"