Advertisement
Do you suffer from chronic pain?
Learn how straightening up can ease your pain
Chronic pain management tips
Learn how straightening up can ease your pain
Chronic pain management tips
More DailyStrength
Lenalidomide (initially known as CC-5013 and marketed as Revlimid® by Celgene) is a derivative of thalidomide introduced in 2004. It was initially intended as a treatment for multiple myeloma, for which thalidomide is an accepted therapeutic modality, but has also shown efficacy in the hematological disorders known as ... more at Wikipedia
Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Multiple Myeloma | 58 |
90% |
| Myelodysplasia | 4 |
75% |
| Depression - Teen | 1 |
100% |
| Caregivers | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 89% (64
Members)
find Revlimid helpful
Advertisement
Revlimid Reviews
Working / Worked
took for over 18 months then started having high fevers and chills on revlimid maintenance even at low 5mg dose
Working / Worked
Worked well for me until we downed the dosage. Back up and waiting to see if it will help again.The side effects have been awful at times.Terrible bone and joint pain.Visual migraines have started.itching of the head.Sweats day and night.Headaches.pnuemonia.Nothing tastes good.
Working / Worked
Starting next week
Working / Worked
worked
Working / Worked
Absolutely works. After two cycles my M-protein spike went from 4.1 to 0.3
Working / Worked
he has been on this as a mainteance drug since sept.2012.. took it prior to sct..also was on velcade dex..has gotten a raassh recently
Working / Worked
had to stop 2 times because of hospitalization
Working / Worked
Taken with the Dexamethasone for 4 months last winter. Very effective when also paired with radiation as lesions were removed.
Working / Worked
On maintenence now
Working / Worked
Worked well, but side effects: NAUSEA and DIARRHEA. 4 cycles.
Showing 1 - 10 of 89 Reviews
Discussions
-
Starting Rev Again
went to see the oncologist today.. he stopped the revlimid.. My husband will now start weekly shots of velcade alone as his mainteance drug..he had th... [More] -
Starting Rev Again
Good luck with the revlimid. Hope he can somehow stay on it. I am hoping I will be fine on it as well. Keep us posted on how you make out. [More] -
rash
I was taking Velcade, Revlimid and Dexamethazone. I developed some issues with neuropathy, so the doctor dropped the Velcade for a couple weeks, leav... [More] -
Not news we hoped for
so sorry to hear your news.. but keep on fighting.. there is always hope and new meds coming out.. Pomalyst was just approved ..its in the Revlimid fa... [More] -
rash
hubbys rash is going away.. hopefully he doesnt have to stop the revlimid.. [More]
