Comparing Bosulif vs Tasigna

For Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia: So far this is the second out of four drugs that is truly working with my Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Minimal side effects. Stabilizing my condition. Couldn't feel any better.

For Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia: Every drug I tried, allowed me to only achieve a sub-optimal response. I have been in MMR for over a year.

For Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia: I take 2 (150mg) in the morning and 2 at night 12 hours apart. So far my side effects have been minimal. I feel bloated sometimes, but the fatigue seems to never go away. The hardest part of taking this medication is the timeframe with taking meds and eating. In the morning it's not to bad, but in the afternoon, it's difficult, because my kids and wife are all hungry and I have to wait to eat for an hour after I take my meds. Most of the time I just reheat and the eat earlier. The most important thing though is the medication is working and my cancer is barely noticeable besides the side effects.

For Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia: After a year on sprycel it wasn't working so they switched me over to tasigna, it brought my bcr/abl levels down more in 3 months than the whole year on the sprycel, however the 800 mg/day was too much for me and I was neutropenic for several months and needed neupogen injections which was not fun, I've been able to tolerate the 600 mg dosage without any major issues beyond the standard fatigue and bone pain, unfortunately I've yet to reach a major molecular response but hopefully that will happen in the next few months.