Guest guest Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Hi and Tracey, First thanks for the info Tracey, I have been on Xanax for about two to three years now, and was totally unaware it interacted with Gleevec. I started out on a dosage of .5 mg's three times a day and after about a year, with having several life set backs I ask for my dosage to go to 1 mg's 3 times a day, and have been at that dosage ever since. I found the interaction info surprising, because my onco is the one that has perscribed the Xanax to me. It has not to my knowledge effected me adversely in regards to my remission, and my blood counts have been fantastic. One of my doc's on my team has even made comments that aside from my side effects Gleevec is working incredible for me. I was aware of what you said about not trying to ever stop taking Xanax cold turkey, but to be honest it has helped me considerably over the years manage my mental issues and I would not think about stoping myself unless my doc's said I had to because of complications or something. I do not know about you , but for me since I was dxed in 04, I have found that my coping ability has been drastically lowered. Granted at the time of me trying to come to grips with the disease, I had other major things happen in my life that would have hit me hard even if I did not have CML, but I guess mentally and physically I am not the man I use to be. I have blood work done every month so my docs seem to be keeping a close watch on my blood counts, so as you mentioned I suppose I have been lucky that the Xanax so far has not had any adverse effects. Of course everybody's body chemistry is different. Again thanks for that info Tracey, and if you have been on Xanax for as long as you have I would not just stop taking it or get overly worried about it's interaction with Gleevec, unless you are noticing problems or your blood counts are off enough to be of concern. Terry Dxed April 04 40 years old On 9/26/07, Tracey <traceyincanada@...> wrote: > > Hi , > > I should also say that if you've been taking Xanax for any length of > time (which you say you have), you should NOT stop taking it without > consulting your doctor. All of the benzodiazepines are addictive to > some level and cannot be stopped cold turkey. > > On the other hand, since you've been taking it so long and presumably > without any problems, you may not need or want to stop taking it. > You should discuss this with your doctor if you're at all concerned > with the interaction. > > As I said in another post, just because two drugs interact, doesn't > mean that they can't be taken together. It just means that some > closer monitoring may be necessary. > > Take care, > Tracey > > > > > > > > I just wanted to add that recently I found that Xanax is supposed > to > > > interact with Gleevec. > > > > > > How exactly, I don't know. But what I do know is I have been > taking > > xanax > > > for 7 years and Gleevec for 6 and I don't have any problems with > > anything > > > that I know of and I also recall many other people on the list > > taking the > > > same anxiety drug years ago when I was diagnosed. 2000 > > > > > > I am not saying this to say it's ok to take other drugs that > > interact with > > > Gleevec as I check everything first. But I would like to know > > exactly how it > > > does or could interact with xanax? > > > > > > It also did not appear that all benzodiazepines interact with > > Gleevec. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ez > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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