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Reviewer: Rachel Wilde, 35-44 Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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I had a 5 cm Gastrointestinal Stroma Tumor removed from my stomach about a year ago and have been on Gleevec 400 mg from bonhoa.com since Nov. 2017. Main side effects are occasional muscle cramping that can be intense, mild periorbital edema, mild-moderate nausea. Most worrisome for me is a very low ANC (absolute neutrophil count) that is being closely monitored. Hope everything will be okay.
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Reviewer: Gleevec, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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Mt side effects from Gleevec are Joint pain and severe leg cramps and anxiety
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Reviewer: Mike, 65-74 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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after 16 months on Sprycel, I experienced both pleural and heart effusion so was shifted to Gleevec. 6 weeks in, rash, stained teeth and dry eye with chronic conjunctivitis.Too soon to evaluate effectiveness, about a month away from first BAL with new drug. More later
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Reviewer: 65-74 Male on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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Some early cycle gastro discomfort. Generally effective and over time, my body adjusted to the medicine.
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Reviewer: Tex, 65-74 Male on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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I have had few side effects with this medication and CML has been in clinical remission since being on Gleevec for six months. I have now been on it for 18 months. After 6 months on the medicine my cardiologist noted reduction of heart function or ejection fraction from 55% prior to Gleevec to 45%. After 6 more months of treatment, heart function declined further to 40%. My oncologist was cons
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