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Imatinib is a drug used to treat certain types of cancer. It is currently marketed by Novartis as Gleevec (USA) or Glivec (Europe/Australia) as its mesylate salt, imatinib mesilate. It is occasionally still referred to as CGP57148B or STI571 (especially in older publications). It is used in treating chronic myelogenous... more at Wikipedia

Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Chronic Myelogenous Leu... | 103 |
92% |
| Bone Marrow Transplant | 1 |
100% |
| Chronic Lymphocytic Leu... | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 92% (106
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extreme vertigo,fatigue, nausea
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I started taking Gleevec on 10/20/2008 and oh my gosh was I sick! The first three or four days were like hell. I had anxiety attacks, severe nausea, headaches, joint pain like you wouldn't believe, and I was extremely tired. I also broke out in a rash, had diarrhea, and itched. I have had to come off twice, and then start again. I also changed the time when I take it, new nausea, EXTRA joint pain, small rash, metal taste in my mouth, and fatigue. I have found myself so limited in activities.
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gleevic is working have bone pain and more
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Has worked for the past 6yrs w/ less side effects.but I'm starting to get seizures and have some other side effects. Still, much better than Intron.
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So far so good.
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taken a long time to get good blood results
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when first dx i started gleevec 600 mg liver toxic then went to 400mg made white blood count drop now on 300 mg doing well on this dose
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Not much side effect as yet i am on 400mg a day
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blood levels are good but side effects are not and i take to many meds
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Not reall sure but blood work looks good
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Even if the trial is closed ask your doctor about it anyway...I had heard that a couple of doctors were going ahead and providing it on compassionate ... [More] -
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Thanks for checking into the gleevec studies for me! I wondered why I couldn't find it with the other trials. I see an oncologist March 13th, hopefu... [More] -
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Hi all, I am hoping Rabidmama will respond and let me know how she received the gleevec for her daughter's plexi. My nine year old son also has a pl... [More] -
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I'm prob gonna do a Gleevec trial... hopefully it'll shrink my plexiform [More] -
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Gleevec compared to traditional cytotoxic chemothearpy drugs has pretty low well-tolerable side effects. It only 'attacks' the bad cells. It's c... [More]





