Foods that interact with Gleevec

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Hi Morie!

Welcome to our group! I am so glad to hear from you. The only for

certain interaction that I know of that reacts with Gleevec, and

that we should avoid is grapefruit and grapefruit juice--and I can't

remember exactly why it is that we should not eat them. I believe

it affects the blood level of the drug somehow, but I can't remember

if it increases or decreases it. I know the detailed info regarding

this is in the drug insert that comes with the drug, so you could

probably find it on-line someplace. Just Google Gleevec Grapefruit

and see what you get?! There may be other foods that people have

had problems with, but I am not sure what they are at the moment. I

have had some days when my tummy seems to react with everything I

eat after I take my Gleevec, I get a tummyache in one particular

spot that just lasts on and on, and other days when it feels just

fine. I think it depends on lots of things--how well rested I am,

whether or not I am fighting off a bug, whether or not I have gotten

time to have all my meals that day, whether I am stressed out more

than usual--it just seems that we are very multifaceted creatures

and only the Lord knows why things affect us they way they do!

Best wishes, again welcome to the group and God bless you!

Vicki Schepman

Diagnosed 09/06

Gleevec 600 mg/day

Seattle, Washington

--- In , Mauricia Sietereales <masdenzar@...>

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> Dear Everyone:

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> I am Morie A. Sietelereales from the Philippines. I registered

with the just recently.

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> I was diagnosed in 2004 and has been into glivec since April

2005. I am a beneficiary of the Glivec International Patients'

Assistance Program of The Max Foundation because I am not

financially capable of buying the medicines. My country is a poor

country and our government cannot financially help us except for the

services of the doctors in and facilities of the Philippine General

Hospital.

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> There are also many CML patients here. Sadly, we have co-

patients who are younger than 10 years old. We also have two co

patients who have been sick of CML for 15 and 10 years and still

alive.

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> We suffer the same side effects as yours - edema, diarrhea,

muscle pains. And as we belong to the brown race, one of the side

effects is our skin became whiter. I am mistaken for a Chinese, a

Japanese or someone who has lived abroad for a longer time.

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> CML patients and caregivers here have formed an association

whose objectives include helping each other through the efforts of

our Max Station. We aim to get trials for medicines other than

glivec for those who are in progression.

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> Can somebody assist me in getting the list of foods, fruits,

vegetables, etc that have reactions to glivec so I can publish in

our monthly newsletter. I read that a pharmacist has provided you

with this.

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> Thank you so much.

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> Glad to be part of this organization. And may the Almighty

bless us all.

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> Yours truly,

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> (ms) Morie

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