Hi Peg. I had similar experiences. For a few months, about 2 to 3 hours after taking Tasigna, I would get tightness in the chest, sometime heart palpitations, shortness of breath, the weird flushing and feeling totally without energy. These symptoms were present most of the time, but really intensified 2 to 3 hours after taking Tasigna. As usual, my cardiologist could not find anything wrong with my ticker and concluded "must be that stuff you're taking". She prescribed Bisoprolol, which helped a little bit. Eventually these symptoms petered out and went away. The whole episode lasted about 3 to 4 months.
With Tasigna, it seems like all the side effects are on rotation - they come and go, one or two at a time. Right now I am struggling with a nasty rash and rapid hair loss - not great, but at least not as scary as the cardio problems. On Wednesday, November 20, 2013 9:17:41 AM UTC-5, peg wrote: > > Hi Beth, > > I remember the sprycel headaches, me too! They were really bad. Can't > take tylenol pre-Tasigna, because I take it as soon as I wake up the first > time each morning. However, it is a really good idea and I will take > tylenol with it. Early AM is the only time window I have to take it (only > taking once daily) since we have to time it carefully with another drug > that is contraindicated with it. Also, realized that I get a weird > flushing and chest pressure six hours after dosing, that lasts about three > hours. Cariologist check me while it was happening yesterday and my heart > is okay, so it appears it is just a random side effect, I am hoping it will > stop after I adjust to it. Today is day three! Thanks for responding, it > is good to know I am not in this fight alone. peg > > -- -- [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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
