Keytruda for Renal Cell Carcinoma User Reviews

• Tre
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 30, 2023

"Diagnosed with stage 4 renal cell cancer. Kidney removed. One infusion of Keytruda eliminated all cancer except small growth on spine at L4. Treated with radiation. Last PET scan cancer free. 18 months since diagnosis."

• Lodow...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 21, 2023

"I'm in the fifth week of a three-week Keytruda schedule for RCC as an adjuvant. Had surgery in January to excise my left kidney. Was told at the time that there was no more visible cancer and could use Keytruda to make sure the cancer was gone. Sounded good to me. So I started in May. Obviously, I'm at the beginning of a long process, so my comments really only have to do with side effects. I have no prior experience with cancer or chemo- or immunotherapy. No medical background. Other than the cancer I'm reasonably healthy. The side effects of Keytruda are quite different from those of any other medication I've ever been prescribed or advised to take. They're not consistent even within one patient. They change and revert and change again from more to less to more unpleasant. As of this time (5th week), there's no way to predict what the side effects (if any) will be next week. The side effects I've experienced are unpleasant but not unbearable. I'll continue with the Keytruda."

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

"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

"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."

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

"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."

• Rosebud
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 9, 2022

"Going for my third infusion in a few weeks and a cystoscopy. I get the infusion every six weeks. So far just minor complaints, weight gain, rash that comes and goes, cough, some diarrhea, muscle pain sometimes and face a little puffy. Bloodwork has been good so far. Had a TIA a month ago but oncologist said it wasn't the Keytruda. I'm going to my primary care this week to see what's going on. Not sure how to rate keytruda yet so I'll give it a 5."

• Ben
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 21, 2023

"I have had three infusions of Keytruda and had headaches, and felt lethargic, weak, and tired. My blood reading was very bad after 2 infusions. After the 3rd infusion, my doctor took me off Keytruda. It caused my thyroid to develop Hypothyroidism. I now take 150 micrograms of Levothyroxine and my atopic dermatitis has worsened. I have dry eyes and blurred vision at times too. Thank goodness my therapy was an adjuvant therapy. I have been off Keytruda for 4 months but I am still having skin breaks out and peeling. I would only use this drug if you have cancer. I would not use it for adjuvant therapy. It has way too many side effects!"

• fkran
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 11, 2023

"Pain in joints, muscle weakness, neck stiffness. Still worth continuing the treatment. Doctors think it is working and side effects may end after treatment ends."