Hello, has anyone had their tablet suspended for days due to low red blood count, platelets. My dr stop it for 10 days not I have to start again on the same dose. I had no side effect apart from tired, but that can be because of low red blood cells as well. Would like to hear from people who stop and start.
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i am copying my post from your other thread
Hi sue,
my mother has a similar situation with imatinib / gleevec at the start of her treatment . her Neutrophils and platelets werent at the danger zone but they were falling too fast.
so her doctor put her at 300 mg ( reduced dose - normal dose 400 mg) then her body adjusted . after her dose adjustment her values got better and her PCR results was acceptable . so we never spoke again about getting normal dose again .
at the time i wasnt aware of this steps for neutropenia and Thrombocytopenia but procedure is a little different from her doctors approach.
they should do what your doctors are doing right now . stopping medicine until your values get at wanted range then starting at the same dosage . if it occurs again then next step is reducing dosage. her doctors skipped the first step and they do directly to reducing step .
according to HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESCRIBING INFORMATION for SPRYCEL
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2013/021986s013lbl....
look at page 4 for your situation .
this is revised version 2013 . i am not sure if there is newer versions .
my key words for google search are '' sprycel tablets fda ''
ps english is not my native language .
and also a detailed post of mine .
https://www.cmlsupport.org.uk/thread/11381/18th-month-pcr-result-blip-an...
my post @ Tue, 25/04/2017 - 11:44pm
ok it seems like there is a problem with my first link .
google sprycel tablets fda
in my country second link that starts with
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda.../021986s013lbl
is revised version of 2013 . pdf file
Back on spyrcel 100 for 4 days now, blood test in two days. Side effect, all over body itch with tiny red bumps, looks more like measles, but it's not, had that as a child. Not sure of tiredness is due to weather, but when on tablet it's a weird feelings had to explain. Now some shortness of breath not as bad as before.