Hi Donna,
As far as I understand skin symptoms are quite common when you take Vidaza. Here are some adverse reactions: petechiae (small skin bleedings) 24%; skin lesion 15%; rash 14%; pruritus (itching) 12%; hematoma (bruising) 9% and urticaria (hives) 6%. If your father has very low platelets (less than 30) all kinds of bleeding in the skin can be very dark.
When a patient no longer is responding to Vidaza and has severe adverse reactions he/she perhaps shouldn´t continue with this drug
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Kind regards
Birgitta-A
69 yo, dx MDS Interm-1 May 2006, transfusion dependent, Desferal for iron overload, Neupogen for low white blood cells, asymptomatic