Hi Bob, I can't speak to Cialis, but I can tell you about Viagra, which my husband takes. He has found that Viagra seems to interact with Gleevec by making his side effects worse, mainly nausea, fatigue, and diarrhea. We also suspect that Gleevec effectively increases the dose of Viagra. What he does to minimize this is take half of one Viagra pill (he just breaks them in half) and makes sure that he takes it at least 4 hours after he takes his Gleevec, preferably longer. He's on 600mg, so he usually takes 300 at breakfast and 300 at lunch. He also takes an Aleve when he takes the Viagra because one side effect of it is headache. When he does all this, he's fine and the half pill of Viagra works very well. I think the main thing is to use the smallest dose that will still be effective. Hope this is of some use to you.
Regards, Adrienne On Aug 3, 4:00 pm, Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Just wondering if anyone on Gleevec also takes Cialis. If so, what > dose and frequency? I'm on 400mg/day Gleevec and am in discussions > with my primary doc and the onc about proper dosing. Both are > metabolized by Cyp3A4, but Gleevec is also an inhibitor. > > Thanks, > Bob --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
