hi guys, thanks for your responses. true to Jeanie's suggestion, my rash has thankfully subsided and the itch has declined to a mild level.
zavie, in regard to your question, the decision to switch drugs was the product of a lot of consideration with my hemotology oncology team at unc hospitals with additional input from drs. druker (OHSU), talpaz (UM) and cortez (MD Anderson). basically, my intention is to attain 0 pcr and maintain it for a couple of years, try to eradicate the remaining stem cells using a very aggressive regimen (probably a combination of TK inhibitors and interferon) and then move to a "maintenance dose" or discontinue therapy entirely. it is an unorthodox approach and not consistent with current guidelines for CML treatment, but i pushed very vigorously for a more aggressive approach and this is what we decided on. best wishes, daniel On Jan 19, 4:15 pm, daniel <[email protected]> wrote: > hi all, > i recently switched to nilotinib (tasigna), in an effort to get my pcr > down to zero (had decent response on gleevec, but wanted something > more aggressive to try to get down to zero). anyway, i started > nilotinib about 7 days ago and have developed a rash on my face that > looks like a moderate sunburn, as well as a really intense itch on my > scalp. anyone have any tips for managing these side effects? they are > not intolerable, but are quite annoying! any advice would be much > appreciated. > > thanks, > daniel -- [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
