Hi, everyone!!! I have been on Gleevec now for 6 days at 400 mg per day and I have a question. I have CML, if anyone is curious and I still have the...
Good morning> everyone reacts differently to Gleevec the way it affected me right away was I got rash and hard pimples around me neck and chest area. no...
Emily, I will start with the ibuprofin, it is ok to take as long as your platelet
count is not significantly low. Tylenol is another option, however it is...
Hi Geri, I'm finally back online after moving and starting a new job. I have not seen anything about Neupogen from ASCO. The abstracts I mentioned were about...
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... <HR> <html><body> <tt> Zavie Miller"-- Wife started on 400 MG Gleevex but this dose cause toxic reaction. Dose was lowered to 300 then 200 and now is...
Hi to everyone, I was diagnosed with CML Jan 2000. I was on Interferon and Hydrea treatment for 18 months. When I stopped treatment, my white blood count went...
Welcome Carol I'm Susan D., born in Edmonton Canada but have lived many years in France. I was diagnosed in Aug 2001 and after 6 months on interferon and ara-c...
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Hi, I don't post very often anymore, but I do read the posts periodically. I have been on Gleevec since Aug. 1999. I started on 600 mg and now am on 400 mg....
Hi Carol, Glad you found us, sorry you had to. I was diagnosed in July of 1999 while pregnant. I was on Ifn during my pregnancy, then had a BMT. Now on 300mg...
My grandmother has been diagnosed with CML. She is also diabetic and has congenative herart failure. She pays for all of her Rx's out of pocket and it puts a...
I am currently on short-term disability from my company (Sprint, covered by Cigna) and have applied for long-term disability from them, as well as from Social...
Hi I was told you would have to get a lawyer for the SS. I have a friend who has this bone disease, he breaks bones even if he coughs. He waited for five yrs ...
Hi, There was a message earlier from a patient with MDS who was needing help. Just wish to inform you that Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center and many...
Under the Novartis program one of the criteria is that no household will have to contribute "more than 20 percent of their gross annual income". If your...
Hi all, I have a question on Gleevec treatment. My brother is taking Gleevec (400mg/day) for the past 1 month and he is doing pretty fine. When he started, wbc...
Hi I'm assuming your brother is taking gleevec for cml, right? If so, a wbc of 3000 is very normal for someone 1st starting gleevec with cml. It may likely...
Hi Nag, Anjana here. It is sometimes common for patients to have their wbc go down to 2-3 on Gleevec therapy. Roy's did not go down but different patients...
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Hello everyone. I read here daily but post seldom. I have a question. I have been on Gleevec since Mar 01 and this is the first time I have a problem to...