Hi Ana. I changed from Gleevec to Tasigna 5 years ago. For me, it played out like this: The muscle cramps went away, but the fatigue and dizziness stayed. My fingernails started to grow again, but my hair started to fall out everywhere where I don't want it to fall out. For the first two years I had blistery infected hair follicles all over the place, which took a very long time to heal. My appetite improved a lot, I gained about 25 pounds. My blood pressure became much harder to control, plus occasional heart palpitations. Tasigna sure messes with my cardio function. Now, after 5 years, there are signs that Tasigna is losing its effectiveness. I am not sure what's next on the menu. Overall, I would say that Gleevec and Tasigna are on the same level as far as side effects go, it's just a different set of annoyances.
Hope this helps, Peter On Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 7:15:29 AM UTC-5, Ana wrote: > > My mun after 13 years on Gleveec is now *0,19 *the doctor is going to > repeat the pcr test if it is the same or worse wants to change the > medication. > > Can you tell me how is the move from gleevec to tasigna? Does it have > lots of side effects? > > > > > > > > > > *De: *'Jeanie' via CMLHope <javascript:> > *Enviado: *jueves, 5 de enero de 2017 22:51 > *Para: *'Jeanie' via CMLHope <javascript:> > *Asunto: *[CMLHope] 2nd part blood report. > > > > > > -- > -- > [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] <javascript:> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:> > 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] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > [image: cid:[email protected]] > > > > > My Motto: > Faith and Pills > With Love > 🐠18's > Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia > Started Gleevec 2/2004 > Started Tasigna 9/2009 > Started Sprycel 11/2009 > Started Ponatinib 1/2015 > Doctor Balducci Moffitt Cancer Center > > -- > -- > [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] <javascript:> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:> > 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] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- -- [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/d/optout.
