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(also known as Ara-C)
Cytarabine belongs to the group of medicines called antimetabolites. It is used to treat some kinds of cancers of the blood. It may also be used to treat other kinds of cancer, as determined by your doctor.
Cytarabine interferes with the growth of cancer cells, which are eventually destroyed. Since the growth ... continue
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Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Acute Myelogenous Leuke... | 56 |
93% |
| Acute Lymphocytic Leuke... | 26 |
100% |
| Non-hodgkin's Lymphoma | 8 |
88% |
| Chronic Myelogenous Leu... | 2 |
100% |
| Chemotherapy | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 95% (94
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Cytarabine Reviews
Working / Worked
Worked as predicted. Got me in remission. Knocked my numbers down each time, but they bounced back after transfusions.
Working / Worked
Not so bad. Handling inmunosupresion, red cells and patlets drops was stressing but medically easy.
Working / Worked
He had 6 rounds of this. Was never sick from it at all. Did lose his hair after about 21 days but other then that, he never was sick. The only con was that each time he had it he became weaker and weaker as in strength.
Working / Worked
Worked great in the first round. Side effects were skin rash, minor mouth sores, extreme back pain, nausea, and rectal pain.
Working / Worked
Seems to have kept the cancer away and keep me into a remission. Made me very, very, sick. Was doing it 4/5 days a week for a few months. One of my least favorite drugs of my regiment, by far.
Working / Worked
in a month long stay for induction chemo my wife had about 3 hours of hard time other than that she was as strong as anyone could be
Working / Worked
Got really bad headaches
Working / Worked
HORRIBLE. It worked, but I had really bad side effects, migraines, and the burning in my sinuses.
Working / Worked
worked for CR 1 and CR2
Working / Worked
7 days 24 hours per day with idarubicin 3 doses. Attained full remission during this induction phase.
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