Xalkori for Non Small Cell Lung Cancer User Reviews

• msf...
• August 14, 2013

"I was on Xalkori for about 6 months in 2012 before it stopped working, and I had to go on traditional chemotherapy in September of the same year. I had minimal side effects: just a little hair thinning, a little tiredness, but no serious problems. Sometimes a little constipation, which was easily controlled with a little dose of Milk of Magnesia. Prior to going on Xalkori, I had lost 19 pounds and had a lot of complications. While on the medicine, I gained the weight back, got my strength back, was able to eat again, and was in better shape when I had to go on traditional chemotherapy. In my case, a true blessing."

• Lis...
• December 19, 2015

"My father was given 6-8 weeks to live after his routine hip replacement turned into - this man has stage 4 lung cancer. Xalkori was our last hope. As we made his funeral preparations, we noticed he seemed to be getting stronger, not weaker. He started gaining weight, not losing. My father is alive because of this drug. I'm team Pfizer!"

• Sul...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 4, 2019

"Stage 4 NSCLC feels awful. I've been on Xalkori for 4 days. Just starting. I felt great day 1 and 2, then day 3 I saw those shiny lights from both sides of my eyes. That night, very nauseated. This morning, I took the nausea melt pill, ondansetron, 1/2 hour before the Xalkori. My upper chest feels awful. Almost like there is air trapped in my esophagus and I can't keep anything down. Not sure how long this will last. I'm just plain miserable. I do know the medicine is working. Thank you, Pfizer Corp. Any idea how I can make this work with me instead of against?"

• Bre...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 30, 2017

"I was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer. My doctors all agreed I would need chemotherapy, so I did 2 before my oncologist suggested Xalkori. Overall, it's better. My side effects are mostly diarrhea, itching, and nausea. But I am maintaining my weight and feeling more energetic sometimes. Thank you for making it, and it is really saving my life."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 1, 2025

"I was diagnosed with stage 4 non-small lung cancer in November 2024. The tumor was on my right upper lobe of the lung, and it was surgically removed without removing the whole lobe. It metastasized to lung fluid but not to other parts of the body. I started Xalkori on December 24, 2024. After almost a month of taking Xalkori, the X-ray showed a nodule growing on the same right upper lobe of the lung. On February 27, 2025, I had a full-body scan, and there is a complete response to treatment. It does work! Side effects that I am experiencing are diarrhea, sometimes nausea and rare vomiting, eyesight a bit affected, and now of late, body pains that come and go. Side effects do not affect my activities of daily living. Still functioning as normal as before diagnosis."