Thanks John.  I am surprised that I have not seen anything about that drug 
before.  Been researching in this CML department since 2008.
         Joyce in IL


On Jun 9, 2015, at 10:32 PM, John Barrons wrote:

> Hi Joyce: if you go to drugs.com and type in name omacetaxine is well 
> explained. It requires an injection twice a day, which I did. I was on it 
> about two years. I have been 100% Phillies until I started ponatinib and this 
> drug reduced my phone Phillies to about 50%. I am very sensitive to ponatinib 
> as it is a strong medication. There are some issues with side effects with 
> the heart.  Right now I am off the drug for a three week period and will 
> probably go on one pill a week when get a cbc. My counts are WB 3.5, 
> platelets 17 and red blood 116.  I am sorry your husband is involved with 
> this but at least the drugs are pretty good. I have had cml for 15 and one 
> half years.  
> Cheers John B
> 
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> On Jun 9, 2015, at 11:00 PM, Joyce Mesnarich <joy...@htc.net> wrote:
> 
>> John,
>> When you were on sprycel did you get to PCRU?  My husband was on sprycel for 
>> 3 years and then, just as you, had to go off because of pleural effusion.  
>> He was undetectable for 2 years and lost his PCRU in 2 months.  He is now on 
>> bosulif.....first 100 mg which was not working.....then on 200 mg which he 
>> will find out in July if it is doing anything good.
>> I am not familiar with omacetaxine.  Can you enlighten us on what it is and 
>> what it is for?
>> Wish you well on ponatinib.
>>          Joyce in IL
>> 
>> 
>> On Jun 9, 2015, at 6:31 AM, John Barrons wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Choi I was on sprycel and to go off it because of pleural effusion. I 
>>> then went on omacetaxine for a couple of years and finally am on ponatinib. 
>>> I only take normally one pill a week it is a strong drug so I am off it for 
>>> three weeks. John B 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 
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>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
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>>> On Jun 9, 2015, at 6:47 AM, Choi <saehyun...@naver.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi, this is Choi from South Korea. One of my CML friends had some problems 
>>>> and I just wonder who had a similar experience.
>>>> 
>>>> He was diagnosed with CML chronic phase on july 2012 and started Gleevec 
>>>> 400mg for 16 months and switched to Sprycel due to E355G mutation.
>>>> At that time his PCR was 1.89. He started Sprycel  and E355G mutaiton was 
>>>> disappered. He was on Sprycel for 12 months.
>>>> He developed pleural effusions after 12 months of Sprycel at that time his 
>>>> dose was 100mg. His doctor stopped Sprycel for 2 weeks and restarted 
>>>> Sprycel 80mg for 3 months.
>>>> Once again he developed pleural effusions so he was off Sprycel for 4 
>>>> weeks and restarted Sprycel 60mg until now and still had minor pleural 
>>>> effusions.
>>>> PCR count was 0.37, 0.47, 0.45 and never drop to under 0.1% so his doctor 
>>>> was considering to switch to other drugs but hesitated to switch because 
>>>> of he had E355G mutation.
>>>> Is there any one who had a similar experience?
>>>> 
>>>> Choi.
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