Hi Greenie: In response to your question about Zoloft - it is an antidepressant - an SSRI. I was told by Cleveland Clinic that while taking Gleevec I cannot take any SSRIs as the Gleevec will increase the "dosage" of the drug at least by two-fold. In other words, you could potentially "overdose" on the SSRI. I am taking Wellbutrin XL and I was told that is the only antidepressant that does not interact with the Gleevec. SSRIs can interfere with libido and ability to achieve orgasm - Wellbutrin does not do that. Quite frankly, I see medications others on Gleevec take which I have been adamantly told I cannot take. So, go figure. No Tylenol, ibuprofen, Aleve, on and on and on. I don't know what to believe. And as far as the nausea - it comes and goes. The Gleevec still kicks my butt 6 months after starting it. It makes me so sick sometimes and they insist that other patients don't get sick after being on it for any length of time. BS is what I say. It gives me weird headaches which make me nauseous - sometimes. Other times it makes my stomach burn which causes the nausea. I feel like crap most of the time - but, I guess it is a small price to pay in order to reach remission. Check with your onc before starting an SSRI and see what they say. Sometimes I feel like nobody (medical professionals) know what they are talking about. I was prescribed Protonix for my stomach and then drilled months later about how I cannot take that medication with Gleevec and it was prescribed by that same onc!!!! Makes me crazy sometimes. Take care, Kelly
On Aug 4, 5:39 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Greenie, So sorry to hear about the nausea. I never had it much, but I > noticed I am getting it now. > I've been on Gleevec for over 4 1/2 years and have gotten a few side-effects > I never had before; eye bleed, nausea, rash, more leg cramps and am just now > having backaches; so they can't say the longer you are on it the less likely > the side effects. > Hope you get better. > Blessings, > Jeanie<3 > In a message dated 8/4/2008 8:18:50 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Hi Gang, > > Woke up around 7 a.m. Saturday and within 5 minutes I got hammer with a big > dose of Nausea. Took my Nausea pill and waited. I mean it was bad. Grace > took me ER thinking it was something else. I haven't had any Nausea problems > for quite awhile. The was a waste of money. Everything checked out O. K. > My Glucose was a little high 112 and I had nothing to eat or drink that had > sugar in it. Went to bed at 10:00, had small glass of water and that was > it. > The nausea finally went away and they let me go home. But I felt like jelly > the rest of the day. Had some 7 up and crackers and hit the sack at > 10:00.pm. > > Woke up this morning no Nausea but a little weak from not eating all day. I > guess the Nausea is back it just comes and goes, I just wish it would do > more goes then comes. I don't even call Chicago Northwestern they keep > telling > me that after being on Gleevec so long it's no way it can be that. I got > news for them. > > Take care > > Greenie > > **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? > Read reviews on AOL Autos. > (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050...) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
