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Gleevec
Gleevec is an aklylating agent which is a kind of cancer drug.
Dr. Jeffrey Pollard reviewed this
23 year experience in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery
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A 44-year old asked:
Anyone know of effects with gleevec (imatinib)?
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A 42-year old asked:
Can I have a mammogram if I am taking gleevec (imatinib)?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: side effects of gleevec (imatinib)?
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A 41-year old asked:
What should I do if I have to take gleevec (imatinib) for leukemia and its hard to work because it makes me so sick?
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A 42-year old asked:
What to do if I have a healthy gleevec (imatinib) pregnancy?
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A 50-year old asked:
Help plz! Can retinoblastoma be treated with gleevec (imatinib)?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Gleevec (imatinib) allergy?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Is there a danger of getting a seasonal flu shot while on gleevec (imatinib)?
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A 64-year old male asked:
Noticed there is a serious interaction between flomax, which i was just prescribed, and gleevec, but none with sprycel, (dasatinib) which i take for cml. Correct?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I am a cml patient till 10 years.Name of the medicine is gleevec (imatinib) imtanib.Is there any problem in pregnancy?
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A 55-year old male asked:
What is the life expectancy of a man in good general health with cml x 6 years in remission with gleevec (imatinib) 400mgs po qd.?
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A 31-year old asked:
I'm wondering can the drug imatinib (gleevec) cause graying or white hair?
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A 41-year old female asked:
Is treatment necessary for systemic mastocytosis? I am taking gleevec (imatinib). What would happen if i stopped taking it?
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A 33-year old asked:
Immature white blood cells, leukemia, and gleevec, (imatinib) how are these related?
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A 38-year old asked:
Immature white blood cells, leukemia, and gleevec, (imatinib) can you tell me about this?
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A 60-year old female asked:
What does "slt hemolysis" mean- this is the first labwork that has said that. I am. Gist sarcoma patient currently on gleevec (imatinib) with ned. Thanks.
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A 55-year old male asked:
One of the side effects of gleevec (imatinib) is bone pain. I can't take nsaids.I am on a combination of Duragesic and vicodan.Any suggestions other than narcs?
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A 44-year old asked:
What is better to treat lymphocytic leukemia gleevec (imatinib) or bone marrow transplant?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Does gleevec (imatinib) help patients with stage 4 gist tumour in the abdominal lining and in a lymph node?
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A 61-year old female asked:
Meds effects (gleevec) or not? 4 wks diarrhea, leg cramps, vomited last nite, no temp. E.R. or wait til 11/17 oncologist?
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A 43-year old male asked:
CML 10/12. Gleevec .5 log at 6 mths. Sprycel (dasatinib) .5 log at 6 mths. Stem cell transplant 4/14. 7/14 Blast crisis - 65% blast BM + Aspergillus F lung Help?
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A 31-year old asked:
Whats imatinib mesylate?
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A 43-year old asked:
I m suffering with cml.And taking imatinib mesylate. Fx?
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A 38-year old asked:
Is imatinib mesylate 400mg per day the right medicine for cml?
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A 38-year old asked:
What should I do if imatinib mesylate does not dissolve in water?
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A 36-year old asked:
Does gleevic or lyrica (pregabalin) effect a mans sexual ability?
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A 38-year old asked:
This is a type of cancer treatment? Imatinib mesylate?
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A 24-year old male asked:
I am doing masturbation does it affects my health as I already told you that I am a cml patient on medicine imatinib mesylate 400mg?
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A 24-year old male asked:
I am a cml patient and I am getting imatinib mesylate 400mg daily now I am having joint pains and I am getting very weak... Prescribe some medicine.
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A 34-year old female asked:
Am I dying?
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