Blinded By Genentech

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nentech, Inc.: HERCEPTIN® (Trastuzumab)</A>

" Carcinogenesis:

HERCEPTIN has not been tested for its carcinogenic potential. "

Know why not? Because you don't want to know it's carcinogenic potential. Do

you feel that the FDA should do these tests? Do you feel that it is my

responsibility to do these tests if I am to effectively evaluate this drug?

Why do you expect others to accept these test results?

" ...However, HER2 protein expression is high in many embryonic tissues

including cardiac and neural tissues; in mutant mice lacking HER2, embryos

died in early gestation...

An increased incidence of anemia and leukopenia was observed in the treatment

group receiving HERCEPTIN and chemotherapy, especially in the HERCEPTIN and

AC subgroup, compared with the treatment group receiving chemotherapy alone. "

Side-effects revealed in the study: " Pain, asthenia, fever, chills, headache,

abdominal pain, back pain, infection, flu syndrome, accidental injury,

allergic reaction, tachycardia, congestive heart failure, nausea, diarrhea,

vomiting, anorexia, anemia, leukopenia, peripheral edema, edema, bone pain,

arthralgia, insomnia, dizziness, paresthesia, depression, peripheral

neuritis, neuropathy, cough increased, dyspnea, rhinitis, pharyngitis,

sinusitis, rash, herpes simplex, acne, urinary tract infection...... "

" WARNINGS

Cardiotoxicity

Signs and symptoms of cardiac dysfunction, such as dyspnea, increased cough,

paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, peripheral edema, S3 gallop, or reduced

ejection fraction, have been observed in patients treated with HERCEPTIN®

(Trastuzumab). Congestive heart failure associated with HERCEPTIN therapy may

be severe and has been associated with disabling cardiac failure, death, and

mural thrombosis leading to stroke... "

" There have been no formal drug interaction studies performed with HERCEPTIN

in humans. "

This is what it is made of: " Chinese Hamster Ovary cell proteins "

" Other serious adverse events

The following other serious adverse events occurred in at least one of the

958 patients treated with HERCEPTIN:

Body as a Whole: cellulitis, anaphylactoid reaction, ascites, hydrocephalus,

radiation injury, deafness, amblyopia

Cardiovascular: vascular thrombosis, pericardial effusion, heart arrest,

hypotension, syncope, hemorrhage, shock arrhythmia

Digestive: hepatic failure, gastroenteritis, hematemesis, ileus, intestinal

obstruction, colitis, esophageal ulcer, stomatitis, pancreatitis, hepatitis

Endocrine: hypothyroidism

Hematological: pancytopenia, acute leukemia, coagulation disorder,

lymphangitis

Metabolic: hypercalcemia, hypomagnesemia, hyponatremia, hypoglycemia, growth

retardation, weight loss

Musculoskeletal: pathological fractures, bone necrosis, myopathy

Nervous: convulsion, ataxia, confusion, manic reaction

Respiratory: apnea, pneumothorax, asthma, hypoxia, laryngitis

Skin: herpes zoster, skin ulceration

Urogenital: hydronephrosis, kidney failure, cervical cancer, hematuria,

hemorrhagic cystitis, pyelonephritis "

This just in: <A

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/www.genentech.com/products/herceptin/herceptin-safety.pdf</A>

Number of negative side-effects experienced in my family of six using the

herbal cleanses recommended in Hulda's books: ZERO (0). Foggs