Hi Michael, I had the same issues with Gleevec. As others have stated, taking Gleevec with meals and avoiding spicy foods and Coke were helpful. I was on Gleevec for about 2.5 years and my symptoms, i.e, swelling, nausea, diarrhea and muscle cramps never went away. Because I saw no cryogenic response from Gleevec, I switched to Sprycell and all of my symptoms went away.Luckily I also had a cryogenic response with Sprycell and have been PCRU for 2 years.
Hang in there and good luck, -Kevin On Dec 1, 10:37 am, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > I was recently diagnosed with CML. I am on Gleevec and my WBC is > falling and approaching normal level. > I have some abdominal pain and GI problems (loose stools and diarrhes. > (1) Have you had a similiar side effect and what have you been able to > do to eliminate or manage it? Thanks for your help. -- [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
