Dasatinib and Headaches: What Users Say

• Anonymous
• February 17, 2009

Dasatinib for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia "I am in a study using Sprycel as initial treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). When first diagnosed with CML, my white blood cell (WBC) count was 19,000. I started taking Sprycel 50 mg twice a day. On my 3-month follow-up, my WBC was 5,000, and my BCR-ABL was 0.001 (almost complete remission). I have been there for the past year with very little side effects. Just occasional headaches and mild skin outbreaks. I would highly recommend it to anyone with CML."

• Cal...
• March 8, 2016

Dasatinib for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia "I have had nausea, headache, and body pain. The body pain has been the most difficult. I had to stop taking medications because of this medication but also seem to have hypersensitivity to smell. So far, all looks good but still in the early stages."

• Anonymous
• November 28, 2011

For Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia "I was on Gleevec for 6 months for CML, and the side effects were horrendously painful, so my oncologist switched me to dasatinib (which I have been on now for 10 months). I give it a '9' rating because there is no doubt about its effectiveness in killing the leukemia cells, but I didn't give it a '10' because of the side effects I am experiencing (which is more than others from what I understand). I have frequent headaches, bone pain, nausea, muscle pain and aches, gastrointestinal problems, occasional dry eye syndrome, constipation, severe anal sphincter pain, vertigo, extreme loss of energy and lightheadedness/dizziness, abdominal pain, gastritis, musculoskeletal pain, and perhaps others that I do not yet recognize."