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Brain Cancer Drug Given Years Too Long, Ruining Lives
19 Nov, 2025
Summary
- Patients received excessive chemotherapy drugs for two decades.
- Overdosing left patients housebound with severe side effects.
- Legal action is being prepared against the hospital trust.
Dozens of patients allege their lives were severely impacted by prolonged and unnecessary chemotherapy treatments administered over two decades at the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. Gayle Bodinnar, diagnosed with a brain tumor, received over 150 cycles of the drug temozolomide, significantly exceeding the recommended six-month NHS protocol.
This excessive treatment resulted in debilitating side effects for Ms. Bodinnar, including chronic fatigue, memory issues, and becoming housebound for life. Many other patients reported similar consequences, such as extreme exhaustion, sickness, seizures, and secondary cancers, with some facing ruined careers.
Legal action is now being prepared against the trust, with patients demanding an independent investigation into the treatments provided. Lawyers are calling for a review dating back to 2006, encompassing multiple clinicians and pharmacists involved in the repeated prescribing of the drug.
