Guest guest Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 O!!! YIPPEEE!!! Number 1064 in the Zero Club Zavie Zavie (age 68) 67 Shoreham Avenue Ottawa, Canada, dxd AUG/99 INF OCT/99 to FEB/00, CHF No meds FEB/00 to JAN/01 Gleevec since MAR/27/01 (400 mg) CCR SEP/01. #102 in Zero Club 2.8 log reduction Sep/05 3.0 log reduction Jan/06 2.9 log reduction Feb/07 e-mail: zmiller@... Tel: 613-726-1117 Fax: 309-296-0807 Cell: 613-202-0204 ID: zaviem [ ] liver reaction Dear , I was on Gleevec for 3 months with great results when my liver counts started to rise. They got so high that I became jaundiced. I was taken off of Gleevec and what should have cleared up in 5-7 days took 7 weeks for the liver to recover. I have not had any alcohol nor did I take tylenol. I was just one of the small percent of people who could not tolerate Gleevec. My Onoc and the medical college in Milwaukee decided that Gleevec was not an option. I then was in limbo until the FDA approved Sprycel last June. I was put on the recommended dose of 70 mg twice a day= that was way to strong for me and I have to be transfused. I was then put on the lowest dose 20mg twice a day. My last bone marrow showed that I am in remisssion. Don't give up there are so many options with new meds on the horizon all the time. Best of luck to you and your husband. Carolyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 WAAAAAAAY COOL! >From: " Zavie miller " <zmiller@...> >Reply- >< > >Subject: RE: [ ] liver reaction >Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 16:50:28 -0400 > >O!!! YIPPEEE!!! >Number 1064 in the Zero Club >Zavie > > > >Zavie (age 68) >67 Shoreham Avenue >Ottawa, Canada, dxd AUG/99 >INF OCT/99 to FEB/00, CHF >No meds FEB/00 to JAN/01 >Gleevec since MAR/27/01 (400 mg) >CCR SEP/01. #102 in Zero Club >2.8 log reduction Sep/05 >3.0 log reduction Jan/06 >2.9 log reduction Feb/07 >e-mail: zmiller@... >Tel: 613-726-1117 >Fax: 309-296-0807 >Cell: 613-202-0204 > ID: zaviem > > > [ ] liver reaction > >Dear , > >I was on Gleevec for 3 months with great results when my liver counts >started to rise. They got so high that I became jaundiced. I was >taken off of Gleevec and what should have cleared up in 5-7 days took 7 >weeks for the liver to recover. I have not had any alcohol nor did I >take tylenol. I was just one of the small percent of people who could >not tolerate Gleevec. My Onoc and the medical college in Milwaukee >decided that Gleevec was not an option. I then was in limbo until the >FDA approved Sprycel last June. I was put on the recommended dose of >70 mg twice a day= that was way to strong for me and I have to be >transfused. I was then put on the lowest dose 20mg twice a day. My >last bone marrow showed that I am in remisssion. Don't give up there >are so many options with new meds on the horizon all the time. Best of >luck to you and your husband. > >Carolyn > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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