Opdivo for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma User Reviews
See also:
Alecensa
Alecensa (alectinib) is an oral kinase inhibitor that may be used to treat certain types of ...
Yervoy
Yervoy (ipilimumab) is a cancer treatment used for lung cancer, melanoma, renal cell carcinoma ...
Lumakras
Lumakras is used to treat KRAS G12C-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or colorectal cancer ...
Enhertu
Enhertu is a treatment for breast cancer, stomach cancer, and non-small cell lung cancer with HER2 ...
Opdivo Qvantig
Opdivo Qvantig is used to treat adults with melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, renal cell ...
Rybrevant
Rybrevant is used to treat advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in adults that has certain ...
Keytruda
Keytruda is used to treat melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, malignant pleural mesothelioma ...
Hydrea
Hydrea is used for chronic myelogenous leukemia, head and neck cancer
Taxotere
Taxotere (docetaxel) treats breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer and stomach cancer. Learn ...
Are you taking this medicine?
Your review helps others make informed decisions.More about Opdivo (nivolumab)
- Check interactions
- Compare alternatives
- Pricing & coupons
- Reviews (95)
- Drug images
- Side effects
- Dosage information
- Patient tips
- During pregnancy
- Support group
- FDA approval history
- Drug class: anti-PD-1 and PD-L1 monoclonal antibodies (immune checkpoint inhibitors)
- Breastfeeding
- En español
"I have peritoneal mesothelioma. This drug, along with Yervoy, gave me colitis and caused me to be adrenal insufficient. The treatment was worse than the cancer. I’ve had 3 infusions of Opdivo, and the 1st and 3rd were combined with Yervoy. Each infusion gave me a worst case of colitis. The colitis required steroids to combat its symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea. Each of the 4 times my doctors tried to wean me off the steroids and stopped them, within 2 days I would end up in the hospital because of vomiting and diarrhea and dehydration. After the 3rd infusion, the steroids were ineffective in treating the colitis, I was in one hospital for almost a month while they kept giving me steroids thinking it was treating the colitis. When I went to a different hospital, one that specializes in cancer care, they immediately discovered that I had inflammation and infection in my esophagus and small and large intestines after an endoscopy and colonoscopy, proving that the steroids no longer were effective in treating the colitis."