Jeff,
In fact, the side effects depends not only by the drug but by the person.
The rule of thumb is if you're fine with your drug just keep going.
There are a lot of people that deal fine with gleevec ( like my son) - for
these cases I think that the good advice is just keep going. But there are
Okay, my turn. I was on gleevec for 5 years and experienced all the
side effects you all mentioned. My oncologist dropped me down to 300
mg after a 10 week break because the side effects were so bad. They
seemed to be less frequent but more intense. I switched to tasigna a
little over a year
wow! that is something!
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Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 7:19 AM
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Subject: [CMLHope] Re: Gleevec Side Effects
Okay, my turn. I was on gleevec for 5 years and
?? Hi Jeff, i'm really glad that you are doing well taking tasigna I hope you
continue on the road to recovery.? I've been on 400mg of gleevec since June
2005 my numbers are great I'm feeling well as a lot of people I know that
are also taking gleevec. But i know? some people have trouble
No unbearable side effects here. A little diarrhea, nothing intolerable. Am in Hematological remission after 400mg of Gleevac QD at 6 months, am now 8 months and doing fine. I, too, don't think much about this disease due to experiencing no side effects I'm unable to handle. Thank God for
Hi Ricardo and Jeff,
I have been on Tasigna for over 6 months now.
Gleevec quit working for me and I went into blast.
When I first started Tasigna, I had a lot of problems.
My counts all dropped and I had to have 2 transfusions.
There are several things that the doctor has to keep an eye on,
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