Hepatitis A & B vaccine + Gleevec

[Guest guest]

The hepatitis vaccines are recommandeed for the persons travelling to

high-risk areas. But if you have cml and take Gleevec, is it

recommanded to take hepatitis vaccines? Are there some persons who took

these vaccines while they take Gleevec?

Hepatitis A vaccine - What you need to know

http://www.immunize.org/vis/v-hepa.pdf

Hepatitis B vaccine - What you need to know

http://www.immunize.org/vis/hepb01.pdf

Who should NOT get hepatitis vaccine?

One of the reason is:

" Anyone who is moderately or severely ill when a

dose of vaccine is scheduled should probably wait

until they recover before getting the vaccine "

So, when a cml patient can get hepatitis vaccines? Do we need to be

PCRU?

[Guest guest]

Hi Gilles,

I believe the warning about avoiding the vaccines if

you're " moderately or severely ill " refers to active illness such as

a flu infection or other acute debilitating illness. As long as

you're otherwise healthy (despite the CML) I don't see how there

would be a problem but of course the best person to answer that

question is your doctor.

Having said that, there does appear to be a possible interaction with

the vaccines and Gleevec as reported on www.drugs.com

http://tinyurl.com/9mgbdp

http://tinyurl.com/96fg7b

The issue appears to be that with Gleevec therapy, we might have a

reduced antibody response to the vaccines which could possibly render

the vaccines less effective. It doesn't appear to be a safety issue

but rather an issue of efficacy so you might not have the full

protection that you would otherwise have if you weren't on Gleevec.

If this is a great enough concern, they can check for an antibody

response (a simple blood test) after you've completed the series of

vaccines. This will tell you if you've developed enough antibodies

or not.

Tracey

--- In , " Gilles Cousineau " <cousineaugilles@...>

wrote:

>

> The hepatitis vaccines are recommandeed for the persons travelling

to

> high-risk areas. But if you have cml and take Gleevec, is it

> recommanded to take hepatitis vaccines? Are there some persons who

took

> these vaccines while they take Gleevec?

>

> Hepatitis A vaccine - What you need to know

> http://www.immunize.org/vis/v-hepa.pdf

>

> Hepatitis B vaccine - What you need to know

> http://www.immunize.org/vis/hepb01.pdf

>

> Who should NOT get hepatitis vaccine?

> One of the reason is:

> " Anyone who is moderately or severely ill when a

> dose of vaccine is scheduled should probably wait

> until they recover before getting the vaccine "

> So, when a cml patient can get hepatitis vaccines? Do we need to be

> PCRU?

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Tracey,

Thank you very much for this information. I will discuss

with my doctor about the effectiveness of vaccines (flu, tetanos,

hepatitis ...).

Regards,

Gilles

The hepatitis vaccines are recommandeed for the persons travelling

to high-risk areas. But if you have cml and take Gleevec, is it

recommanded to take hepatitis vaccines? Are there some persons who

took these vaccines while they take Gleevec?

Hepatitis A vaccine - What you need to know

http://www.immunize.org/vis/v-hepa.pdf

Hepatitis B vaccine - What you need to know

http://www.immunize.org/vis/hepb01.pdf

Who should NOT get hepatitis vaccine?

One of the reason is:

" Anyone who is moderately or severely ill when a

dose of vaccine is scheduled should probably wait

until they recover before getting the vaccine "

So, when a cml patient can get hepatitis vaccines? Do we need to be

PCRU?