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Old Mon Jun 13, 2011, 07:03 PM
freedom99 freedom99 is offline
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Vidaza

Hi Paola;
In addition to the excellent comments from Birgitta-A I also want to add to the support of having a Port for transfusions and in this case for infusing Vidaza. It's an awesome piece of technology that takes so much grief away from transfusions.
When using the port one may consider using a cream called Emla Cream(Lidocaine 2.5% and Prilocaine 2.5%) A topical Anesthetic for Dermal Analgesia. This cream is local anesthetic which is put on the port entry an hour before the transfusion. One can cover it with a piece of Saran Wrap fastened with medical tape. This takes away any discomfort when the needle device is inserted into the port.
One also has to make sure that when in a situation of an emergency transfustion at your emergency department that the nurse who is doing the transfusion is familiar with using the port. There are certain procedures that should not be carried out unless it is done by one who knows what they are doing.
The Primrose oil is definately a awesome anwer for the swellings around the Vidaz injection sites. This is put on after the injection. My wife usually had two injections each time for the seven day cycle which would be 14 injections. Each time the injection site would be alternated between arms or the abdomen. The advantage of injections is that they only took about 15 minutes to complete each day.
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Wife 63, June 2010 MDS (refr anemia - excess blasts type-2) PLTs 11,000/μl with giant forms 2 TF/wk. Hgb kept at 80g/l with 1TF per 2 weeks. 9% blasts 2 cytogenic abnormalities del(5)(q22q35) + inv(20)(p11.23q11.21) 3 cycles Vidaza no effect. June 2011 to AML WBC to 67 blasts and Aur rods in blood.
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