Re: [CML] Gleevec Side Effect

[mrperogie]

Hi Merv,   I've been on gleevec now for 3 months (diagnosed 12/26/03) and may have experienced what you're talking about.   As soon as I went on gleevec, I found that it affected my sleeping and I would lie awake at night and I would hear my pulse banging loudly in my head.  It felt like it was throbbing--and I could hear it like a drum. The more I heard this, the harder it was to sleep. The more I didn't sleep, the louder it became. My dosage was 600 -- 4 days later the doctor lowered me to 400 and this symptom went away.  About a month later, I tried going up to 800 and it came back again, along with a host of other side effects. I lowered the dose and it went away.   This symptom I think was described to me as 'perorbital swelling' -- meaning, I think, swelling in the head. Swelling is one of the side effects of gleevec.   How long have you been on gleevec? Have you upped your dosage recently?   Michael       New! Sign up for local CML support group meetings in your local community at http://cml.meetup.com Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. Loan programs for all types of business and commercial real estate. Apply anytime at http://realestatezoo.com CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Support List) --------------------------------- Part Of CMLHope.Com An International Community Of CML Patients For more information: http://cmlhope.com Post Message: cml@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To No Mail/Web: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  CML Group Web Site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.