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Vincristine (OncovinŽ) is an alkaloid from the Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus, formerly Vinca rosea and hence its name). It is used in chemotherapy. more at Wikipedia

Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Rhabdomyosarcoma | 22 |
95% |
| Acute Lymphocytic Leuke... | 9 |
100% |
| Wilm's Tumor | 2 |
100% |
| Non-hodgkin's Lymphoma | 2 |
100% |
| Thrombocytopenic Purpura | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 97% (39
Members)
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Vincristine Reviews
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Affected my grandson legs. He had trouble walking and they were painful.
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We have had no problems with this medication and my daughter has been on it since Feb 2011.
Working / Worked
The easiest chemo. just a shot. I had pretty bad neuropathy. Now I have feeling in my feet but They are very sensitive and I get random nerve pain occasionally.
Working / Worked
Sever jaw pain with first dose. Symptoms lessened with time and future doses. Leg pain.
Working / Worked
same as others
Working / Worked
so for with this medication im not in the er or icu. its the only treatment that works n holds my itp count.
Working / Worked
i had to take her weekly to get her chemotherapy for 6 months . she had to get a port put in her right kidney was removed in may 09 and her prt was removed 2 weeks ago. it was the hardest most painful thing id gone thru but thru prayer and hupe shes in remission now.
Working / Worked
Initially caused severe jaw and bone pain, but now-doesn't seem to slow her down one bit!!
Working / Worked
Micah recieves the VAC every three weeks so it is difficult to isolate which drug is causing him the most problems. Micah has lost a significate amount of weight and is not interested in eating. He is on a feeding tube. However, there is now no visable sign of cancer.
Working / Worked
It made it to were William couldn't walk anymore. But it will come back. And it made his legs really heurt!
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Follow up from DaveVA
Thanks everyones wishes. I got out of the hospital (after a a week), yesterday. It was miserable. Just wanted to go home. Unfortunately, when I go hom... [More] -
Follow up from DaveVA
Thanks for all the support. I'm hangin' in. Got admitted on Friday afternoon at 3PM, and they didn't do the necessary pre EKG (since I had 4 previous ... [More] -
Follow up from DaveVA
Got the results of the PET/CT scan. Not good. The messenteric mass with 16 SUV and 5.4cm x 8.2 cm increased by almost 300% to 8.4 cm x 14.4 cm and the... [More]







