Just a few side effects

[Fox Mike]

This stuff may be great but it is also very scary
Keytruda side effects
The most common side effects of Keytruda when it is used alone are:

• feeling tired/fatigue
• pain, including pain in the stomach, muscles, bones, or joints
• rash or itching
• diarrhea
• fever
• cough
• decreased appetite
• shortness of breath
• constipation
• nausea
• low levels of thyroid hormone.

Side effects of Keytruda that are more common in children than adults when it is used alone are:

• fever
• vomiting
• headache
• stomach area pain
• low levels of white blood cells.

The most common side effects of Keytruda when it is used in combination with chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatments include:

• feeling tired or weak
• nausea
• constipation
• diarrhea
• decreased appetite
• rash
• vomiting
• cough
• trouble breathing
• fever
• hair loss
• inflammation of the nerves that may cause pain
• weakness and paralysis in the arms and legs
• swelling of the lining of the mouth, nose, eyes, throat, intestines, or vagina
• mouth sores
• headache
• weight loss
• stomach-area (abdominal), joint, or muscle pain,
• trouble sleeping
• bleeding
• blisters, or rash on the palms of your hands and soles of your feet
• urinary tract infection
• low levels of thyroid hormone.
• nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, loss of appetite, diarrhea, constipation, weight loss
• low blood sodium levels, abnormal thyroid, liver and kidney function tests
• low blood cell counts
• tingling or numbncess in your hands or feet, loss of movement in the arms and legs
• bleeding
• pain and burning when you urinate
• fever, headache, feeling weak or tired, dizziness, trouble sleeping
• cough, hoarse voice, feeling short of breath
• changes in your sense of taste, dry skin, and dry eyes
• itching, hair loss, rash, or blisters on your hands or feet
• increased blood pressure
• pain in your muscles, bones, or joints
• mouth sores or swelling around your mouth, nose, eyes, throat, intestines, or vagina
• tingling or numbness in your arms or legs

 

[Jeepnik]

First you have to understand if one patient in a clinical trial gets any possible side effect (even if it not proven it's connected) then the FDA makes the manufacturer list it as a possible side effect.

Then the lawyers get involved.

It's this kind of idiocy that results in good medical treatments not being approved in the US when it's already in use everywhere else.

 

[Mobuck]

I agree with Jeepnik but: Some of these 'drugs' are apparently almost as disagreeable as the symptoms they are purported to treat.
The ones that get under my skin are the 'post menopausal' therapies that warn not to use 'if pregnant or may become pregnant'.

 

[blume357]

I was in a drug study back in 2019-2020 and the contract to be on it was about 16 pages long and you had to initial each page and sign the last one... somewhere in the middle of the study the powers that be determined that one of the potential side effects should be moved from #8 to #4. Had to sign and initial a while new contract.

 

[Rock185]

One of the potential side effects is death. Anybody notice that TV ads for so many of these wonder drugs are about 2/3 or so a disclaimer about possible side effects?

 

[Larryburford]

I take about 19 pills a day. One is Farxiga. One of the side effects that is listed on TV is that it could cause the area between your scrotum and rectum to "Rot out" causing death. Oh wow, that is refreshing to know!!

 

[sfhogman]

I agree with Jeepnik but: Some of these 'drugs' are apparently almost as disagreeable as the symptoms they are purported to treat.
The ones that get under my skin are the 'post menopausal' therapies that warn not to use 'if pregnant or may become pregnant'.

My mother-in-law took thalidomide for multiple myeloma. It held the cancer back; in the end she did not pass from her cancer.
What even a tiny dose of thalidomide does to a fetus in it's mother's womb is beyond horrific.
Hence the warnings...

 

[Yaworski]

it could cause the area between your scrotum and rectum to "Rot out" causing death.

Terminal taint rot. That made me laugh for a good ten minutes. I know, it shouldn't be funny but it made me laugh.