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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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Gleevec is working okay so far. I am now anemic and have experienced several side effects (water retention, tired, sick, etc.)
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horrible side effects
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Doing well on Gleevec. Early on I completely stopped my side effect leg cramps with the help of ... let's just say something that gave me the munchies and something I hadn't tried since the '60's.
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not many side effects
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Working, some nausea and muscle pain. Very manageable and getting better.
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have not started it yet.
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My brother is responding to treatment but has had trouble with low white blood cell and platelet counts.
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4 DAYS IN INTENSIVE CARE WITH 500,000 WHITE BLOOD CELLS
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It seems to be working. Gregory said it his white blood count is back down and his spleen has come down
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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]
