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Gleevec Has Helped My Mastocytosis

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Dr. Chobufo Ditah MD

Hello Sir, I have BPH and want to take Saw Palmetto. I also have Mastocytosis in my skin only. Will the Saw Palmetto drive up my histamine and complicate the Mastocytosis? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chobufo Ditah ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Muhammad Ali Rauf MD

Can Gleevec , taken daily (400mg) for threeyears, affect one's mental alertness and/or memory? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Muhammad Ali Rauf ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Prashant Sharma MD

HELLO, MY mother had an intenstinal gist removed two years ago in July and started gleevec in ... gotten great results the past two yeats but I know with gleevec as adjuvanct therapy the body may resist ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Prashant Sharma ( Oncologist)
Dr. Kakkar S. MD

disorder freckles or systemica mastocytosis freckles disappear overnight in any form of this disorder? I get weird freckles and have many mastocytosis symptoms but the freckles disappear whenever my sore ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kakkar S. ( Dermatologist)
Dr.  Michelle Gibson James MD

Is Gleevec chemo treatment a possible cause of the Inguinal Hernia? I have been taking 300 mg/day for 3.5 yrs ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Michelle Gibson James ( General & Family Physician)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr.  Munish Sood MD

I was diagnosed with Systemic mastocytocis when I was 50 yrs old. Now I am 61. I used gleevec for some time. I have malabsorption and as a result I have osteoporosis, anemia, itchy skin. My lymph nodes ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Munish Sood ( Ayurveda Specialist)
Dr.  Shinas Hussain MD

I am a 67yr. old female with intestinal sarcoma, taking 300 mg. of gleevec daily. have been on Gleevec 12 yrs. and am now loosing . could it be the Gleevec and if so what are the side affects with the ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shinas Hussain ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Saumya Mittal MD

Is it safe to take lasix with Gleevec? I have AML in remission but continue with my Gleevec ... fluid retention being caused by the Gleevec. It is in fact doing nothing. Is Lasix better? I have a ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saumya Mittal ( Diabetologist)
Dr.   Veera Raghava Rao Buddha. MD

Pigmintosa Mastocytosis. Previously had silicone gel implants and one ruptured and I had them removed and replaced with the gummy bears. My Mastocytosis has been getting progressively worse, and I think I am ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Veera Raghava Rao Buddha. ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Salman Arif MD

My husband has been diagnosed with CML. He is on gleevec and it is working well, however, when he ... colonoscopy and upper GI test. My question - does CML cause internal bleeding, and does being on gleevec... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Salman Arif ( Oncologist)