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Are There Any Alternate To Glivec 400mg For Myeloid Leukemia Disease?
Hello Doctor,
My brother is suffer in chronic myeloid leukaemia diesease, he is taking glivec 400 mg, the cost of tablet is very high, he can't consume the tablet.
Shall we get this tablet at any cost?
is chronic myeloid leukaemia curable or need to take the treatment life long?.
Please answer.. Thanks
My brother is suffer in chronic myeloid leukaemia diesease, he is taking glivec 400 mg, the cost of tablet is very high, he can't consume the tablet.
Shall we get this tablet at any cost?
is chronic myeloid leukaemia curable or need to take the treatment life long?.
Please answer.. Thanks
Tue, 1 Sep 2015
Hi,
Thanks for writing in.
Glivec is Imatinib and works well in chronic myeloid leukemia. It is important for your brother to continue taking this medicine as recommended.
To counter the high const of this medicine, you might discuss in detail with the treating doctor. Depending on the stage and control of disease, this medicine dose might be adjusted so that the benefit is achieved at a dose which might be taken in a way which will be financially viable for your brother. Instead of a daily 400 mg dose, after discussion with his doctor an alternative dose might be discussed.
Another method is to register with drug companies for on going clinical trials with this medicine. Please consult any cancer research institute and try to know if any such trials are going on. Your brother might benefit from taking this medicine or an alternative similar drug as a part of clinical trial.
Thanks for writing in.
Glivec is Imatinib and works well in chronic myeloid leukemia. It is important for your brother to continue taking this medicine as recommended.
To counter the high const of this medicine, you might discuss in detail with the treating doctor. Depending on the stage and control of disease, this medicine dose might be adjusted so that the benefit is achieved at a dose which might be taken in a way which will be financially viable for your brother. Instead of a daily 400 mg dose, after discussion with his doctor an alternative dose might be discussed.
Another method is to register with drug companies for on going clinical trials with this medicine. Please consult any cancer research institute and try to know if any such trials are going on. Your brother might benefit from taking this medicine or an alternative similar drug as a part of clinical trial.
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