Richard T. here, Hi... my situation was similar in the months after I was diagnosed! My blood counts dropped very low on 400mg so my ONC would reduce my dosage to 200mg or 0.
My doctor did not know that these low counts are normal on Gleevec and that a dosage of 400mg is needed (as a minimum) to do any good. Actually, these low doses can increase the chance of developing a resistance to Imatinib Mesylate. My white cell count is currently at 2800 and I feel fine. I am in PCRU right now and doing well. The other side effects, although anoying, can be delt with and most will go away with time. I had to educate my doctor by giving him a copy of Dr. Druker's research on Gleevec that I received from this group. This has been an oft-given warning... if your doctor is not a CML specialist, find one who is! --- In [email protected], robert goodrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > rob, > nancy tolerates the lower level of gleevec best, side effects,etc. whenever she has tried to increase to 300 or 400 mg she endures more side effects and her white cell count drops considerably. at 200 mg she has been keeping a white cell count between 4000 and 5000 and feels pretty good. i was just wondering if anyone else was on that low a dosage. > rob and nancy > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com 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: [email protected] 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 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: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
