Imatinib for Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia User Reviews
Brand names: Gleevec
- Eddie...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- January 9, 2017
"I was diognosed Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia. Doctor started me with 400mg generic Gleevec and it helped right away but my white blood count dropped. So after a month I started 200mg everything was going ok until I got pneumonia. At first thehospital couldn't figure out why. Then the oncology doctor told me to stop the gleevec. I'm still battling the pneumonia and I'm not on the pill for my leukemia. He told me to get better from pneumonia cause it might be a side effect of the gleevec and after couple weeks he will evaluate and maybe put me on a different pill or maybe just 100mg gleevec. I'm a bit bummed out but we will see...any suggestions anyone?"
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Gleevec (imatinib) "Been on Glivec 100mg since June 2011 for Chronic Eosinofiliac Leukemia. Side effects comprises muscle cramps, tiredness and persistent cough. Has reduced my white cell count from 13 to <0.6 I have reduced my level to 50mg or half a tablet and my blood counts have remained stable over a 10 month period. I did this to aleviat the cramps and cough. Helped the cramps but not the cough. I still get tired but not as tired as I was prior to the medication."