Hi Ricardo and Jeff,
I have been on Tasigna for over 6 months now.
Gleevec quit working for me and I went into blast.
When I first started Tasigna, I had a lot of problems.
My counts all dropped and I had to have 2 transfusions.
There are several things that the doctor has to keep an eye on,
No unbearable side effects here. A little diarrhea, nothing intolerable. Am in Hematological remission after 400mg of Gleevac QD at 6 months, am now 8 months and doing fine. I, too, don't think much about this disease due to experiencing no side effects I'm unable to handle. Thank Go
?? Hi Jeff, i'm really glad that you are doing well taking tasigna & I hope you
continue on the road to recovery.? I've been on 400mg of gleevec since June
2005 & my numbers are great & I'm feeling well as a lot of people I know that
are also taking gleevec. But i know? some people have trouble
wow! that is something!
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From: CMLHope@googlegroups.com [mailto:cmlh...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Barb in AZ
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 7:19 AM
To: CMLHope
Subject: [CMLHope] Re: Gleevec Side Effects
Okay, my turn. I was on gleevec for 5 years and experienced
Okay, my turn. I was on gleevec for 5 years and experienced all the
side effects you all mentioned. My oncologist dropped me down to 300
mg after a 10 week break because the side effects were so bad. They
seemed to be less frequent but more intense. I switched to tasigna a
little over a year ag
Jeff,
In fact, the side effects depends not only by the drug but by the person.
The rule of thumb is if you're fine with your drug just keep going.
There are a lot of people that deal fine with gleevec ( like my son) - for
these cases I think that the good advice is just keep going. But there are
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