Hello Sandy I had very severe muscle cramps, in the hands, feet and back. They would wake me out of a sound sleep. Any use of my hands or walking any distance would warrant a full blown attack. The two things I found to work best was drinking tonic water use a little lime, it makes it better) and taking 1200 m calcium a day. The cramping is directly links to gleevec as when I went on a gleevec break ( as per oncologist) the cramping went completely away. I have since gone to tasigna... and after a few short weeks, the cramping was back again. It seems to be my side effect of choice! Although other side effects cycled in and out, the cramping stayed the entire time. I am 18 months on tasigna and it is still an issue, even with the calcium and tonic water. If I forget to take the calcium, man, they get really, really bad. Best of luck! Barb
On Jun 2, 8:08 am, Sandra Wells <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Warriors, > > Is there anyone who has experienced "severe" muscle cramps or spasms while on > Gleevec. If so, please share your experiences, i.e. how long this side > effect lasts, besides using a heating pad and taking Alleve is there any > other advice you can give for dealing with this? Mine are in my abdominal, > side and back muscles (basically the ones that surround my ribs). My > doctor's solution is muscle relaxers, and I really do not want to take any > more medicine. > > This is really the first side effect that I am having a hard time dealing > with as the pain is debilitating at time (hard to move or breathe). > > Please Help, Warriors, > > Sandy Byrd (Nanny) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
