Comparing Afinitor vs Everolimus

For Breast Cancer: I have been taking Afinitor for about 2 weeks. Just feel I cannot continue in with it, feeling like my heart is racing for hours after taking it, it feels close to a panic feeling. No mouth sores(yet) doing the steroid mouth swish as ordered. However, I suddenly have a cluster of large pimple like sores on inner thighs, my skin in general feels very dry. I just cannot deal with sores and am terrified they will become wide spread. I was on Ibrance a year and then it stopped working. The only side effect was fatigue, that I can deal with but sores - no. calling my doctor and telling him the side effects are too much! Give me a med that has fewer serious side effects! I have not taken it long enough to evaluate if it is even being effective. Just no the side effects have begun right away.

For Breast Cancer: Although the medication did effectively treat my cancer the side effects were so severe that I decided to discontinue use of the drug and try an alternate treatment. Skin rash started on my hands initially and spread to my entire body causing severe itching and scratching which led to something looking like opened bug bites all over. Severe gum irritation described by my dental hygienist as your gums are flapping in the wind, also red swollen gums which caused me to be unable to eat anything not soft. Lost 10 lbs the first two months. Also projectile vomiting, diahrea and nausea. At three months I found it had made me diabetic and raised my triglycerides to over 500. That's when I opted to stop treatment.

For Neuroendocrine Carcinoma: Started taking everolimus orally 10mg daily December 5, 2017 for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor metastatic to the liver in combination with a once every four week injection (30 mg) of Octreotide LAR. Tumors actually shrunk some during the first year; since have remained stable to April 2019. Do have occasional side effects - mouth sores, some weakness and fatigue, loose stool to occasional diarrhea. For the most part I function very normally. Good appetite. My weight is reasonably stable, and I do well in spite of a stage IV cancer diagnosis. For "PNET", pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, this drug appears to be very effective - at least for me.