Re: gleevec and oral contraceptives

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What is the exactly name of pills that you take?

When I asked my doctor about oral contracetives she said that they all is not

good with gleevec(

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> Eva...

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> I am on birth control pills to regulate my periods, but when they were

prescribed I contacted the pharmacist at the cancer clinic I go to and he said

they were fine to take...in fact I was told by my new OB-GYN that young women on

Gleevac should be on contraceptives to prevent getting pregnant..as getting

pregnant on Gleevac could cause birth defects...

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> Cheryl

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[Guest guest]

Eva...

I'm on Portia (that's the generic name) but it is Levonorgestrel and Ethinyl

Estradiol tablets...

Hope that helps..

Cheryl

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> > I am on birth control pills to regulate my periods, but when they were

prescribed I contacted the pharmacist at the cancer clinic I go to and he said

they were fine to take...in fact I was told by my new OB-GYN that young women on

Gleevac should be on contraceptives to prevent getting pregnant..as getting

pregnant on Gleevac could cause birth defects...

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[Guest guest]

Dear !

I'm very happy to know your wonderful story)

You are very brave woman!

I wish you and your daughter strong health and all the best in the world)

I had a chance to feed my girl for 9 months untill I've known about my

diagnosis.

Ans I still hope to have more children.

What is IUD?

(I'm sorry, my English is not very good and sometimes I don't understand some

abbreviation or medical terms.)

Eva

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> I was on the birth control pill for about 2 years while on Gleevec.  I was

also advised that it was not a good combo.  I ended up discontinuing the pill

because of the horrible headaches I would get on it.  My husband and I started

using condoms and ended up pregnant a few months later.  SO, I would suggest

looking into some sort of IUD or other more foolproof device were I you. 

> That being said, I have a beautiful and 100% healthy, 3 month old baby girl

(Isabella) who is my little miracle.  I was on 400mg/day gleevec for the first

10 weeks, taken off Gleevec completely at that time and then back on because of

rising counts at 24 weeks.  After delivery I stopped the gleevec for 10 days so

that I could nurse part time and when my daughter was 1.5 months I was upped to

600mg to jump-start my response and help me get back to 0. 

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