Re: [CMLHope] Tasigna and Lipitor

2016-07-22 Thread Peter
Yes, that may be the best idea. Crestor makes me feel physically like a 95 year old and mentally like an Alzheimers victim in the advanced stage and I am only taking the lowest dose (5mg) - so this is not going to work for me. What concerns me, is the study which came out a couple of years ago,

Re: [CMLHope] Tasigna and Lipitor

2016-07-22 Thread 'Jeanie' via CMLHope
My husband and brother got very ill on Lipitor. Try some natural ways first if you can. My Motto: Faith and Pills With Love šŸ 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 > On Ju

Re: [CMLHope] Tasigna and Lipitor

2016-07-20 Thread Joyce Mesnarich
Peter, This is like comparing apples and oranges, but when my husband was on Sprycel his primary physician prescribed lipitor. Next trip he made to Dr Talpaz (CML specialist) he was taken off lipitor and put on crestor. He didnā€™t have any problems with eitherā€¦.until he had pleural effusion. H

Re: [CMLHope] Tasigna and Lipitor

2016-07-20 Thread 'Jeanie' via CMLHope
I haven't taken any of those drugs but I would quit the drug and get back with your doctor. What you are experiencing are side effects of Crestor. Good luck. My Motto: Faith and Pills With Love šŸ 18's Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia Started Gleevec 2/2004 Started Tasigna 9/2009 Started Sprycel 11/200

[CMLHope] Tasigna and Lipitor

2016-07-19 Thread Peter
Hi everybody. Has anyone taken Lipitor (atorvastatin) while on Tasigna? The drug interactions checker says that Tasigna can increase the absorption of Lipitor, which could be a bad thing. My doc put me on Crestor (rosuvastatin) four weeks ago. This is totally not working for me - extreme weaknes