Guest guest Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Toby:Thanks for that info. Did your Doctor indicate why he picked that treatment? It seems that at least in recent years treatment has been either RF or RFC intravenously. I was so surprised when my Doc suggested using cytoxan as a single agent that I didn't think fast enough to ask why she would choose that. There is the benefit of the pill being more convenient than the chemo lab and I assume the cost would be less. But I wonder if there is something else that I am missing. DaveToby Hollander <thollander33@...> wrote: About 4 years ago I went into kidney failure and had to start treating my SLL/CLL. We used 2 rounds of rituxan a month apart and low dose cytoxan (100 mg daily) for about 10 months. Because my kidneys were so inflamed due to cryoglobulemia I also had high dose prednisone thrown in at the beginning, and then tapered off over a 3 month period of time. All in all (except for the prednisone), it was a well tolerated treatment and put me in CR for four years. Now platelets are dropping (142) and I'm considering whether to treat again, low dose cytoxan and rituxan. Toby Hollander dx 7/99 SLL/CLL, tx w/ rituxan x2 in 2003, w/ low dose cytoxan, CR since __________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile./;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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