Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Edgardo, I have60 tablets that were sent to me by Novartis January 2006. If someone will tell us if they are still good I will be happy to send them to you. L [ ] Help 3.21.2008 Hello Everyone, I am experiencing problems with Novartis: unfortunately my oncologist was not aware of the fact we are to get a letter to Novartis stating refills of Gleevec are to be shipped every month. As a result, I have enough Gleevec to get me through until Monday of next week (3/26). I am told by Novartis it will take at least a week and perhaps longer to ship the medicine after they receive the letter from the doctor (faxed to them today). Does anyone have any extra Gleevec so that I do not have to stop taking it? Since I am a new CML patient, I do not want to miss taking the drug. I have some Hydrea which I have not used: if someone needs Hydrea, I will be glad to ship it to them. Thank you for your help in advance. Ed Edgardo --------------------------------- 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...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Hi , If you received them in Jan 06, they should still be good. The Gleevec that I get these days has an expiry date of 09/2010. And they are always pretty conservative with these dates. Zavie Zavie (age 69) 67 Shoreham Avenue Ottawa, Canada, K2G 3X3 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 3.2 log reduction Jun/07 3.6 log reduction Sep/07 3.5 log reduction Feb/08 e-mail: zmiller@... Tel: 613-726-1117 Fax: 309-296-0807 Cell: 613-202-0204 ID: zaviem YM: zaviemiller Skype: Zavie _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of seloew12 Sent: March 21, 2008 7:26 AM Subject: Re: [ ] Help--Edgardo Edgardo, I have60 tablets that were sent to me by Novartis January 2006. If someone will tell us if they are still good I will be happy to send them to you. L [ ] Help 3.21.2008 Hello Everyone, I am experiencing problems with Novartis: unfortunately my oncologist was not aware of the fact we are to get a letter to Novartis stating refills of Gleevec are to be shipped every month. As a result, I have enough Gleevec to get me through until Monday of next week (3/26). I am told by Novartis it will take at least a week and perhaps longer to ship the medicine after they receive the letter from the doctor (faxed to them today). Does anyone have any extra Gleevec so that I do not have to stop taking it? Since I am a new CML patient, I do not want to miss taking the drug. I have some Hydrea which I have not used: if someone needs Hydrea, I will be glad to ship it to them. Thank you for your help in advance. Ed Edgardo --------------------------------- 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...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Hi Zavie, Thank you for the information. The Gleevec is on its way to Edgardo and will arrive there on Tuesday. Thanks for the tip about FedEx, too. [ ] Help 3.21.2008 Hello Everyone, I am experiencing problems with Novartis: unfortunately my oncologist was not aware of the fact we are to get a letter to Novartis stating refills of Gleevec are to be shipped every month. As a result, I have enough Gleevec to get me through until Monday of next week (3/26). I am told by Novartis it will take at least a week and perhaps longer to ship the medicine after they receive the letter from the doctor (faxed to them today). Does anyone have any extra Gleevec so that I do not have to stop taking it? Since I am a new CML patient, I do not want to miss taking the drug. I have some Hydrea which I have not used: if someone needs Hydrea, I will be glad to ship it to them. Thank you for your help in advance. Ed Edgardo --------------------------------- 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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