News article about an APL survivor, Vesanoid is mentioned, Side Effects?
October 12th, 2009 at 9:38 am (Uncategorized)
I’m always watching for first hand =
information from
people that have been treated for APL. Such =
stories don’t
appear very often.
This article describes a 41 yr old male named Rick =
that
experienced a lot of complications apparently from Vesanoid. =
Seems
like any drug that is active against APL blasts can cause tremendous =
potential
problems like this. Rick may have suffered from =
“retinoic
acid syndrome” as the blasts were being cleared. =
Arsenic can
also cause similar side effects.
I’m not sure its always fair to report =
problems like
this as “Vesanoid specific” (the article doesn’t use =
is term
but the cause and effect is implied).
My concern is that people might read an article =
like this
and assume Vesanoid is a “bad drug.” Well, a lot =
of
drugs including Vesanoid have potentially terrible side =
effects.
The problem is that untreated, or poorly treated leukemia is usually =
worse than
any drug!
Anita experienced some troubles while she was =
taking
Vesanoid but nothing severe like this article mentions.
Its nice to see that Rick is doing =
well. I
wonder if he will also receive any Arsenic treatment? =
Some
treatment centers are offering both Vesanoid and Arsenic for their front =
line APL
treatment regimen now.
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ttp://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/oct/12/returning-the-favors/
Chris