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Old Wed Mar 7, 2012, 12:37 PM
Greg H Greg H is offline
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Hey Darice!

The drugs apparently do work the same way, and both have neutropenia nd thrombocytopenia as primary adverse reactions. So if it was plunging counts that caused a problem for Jens with Vidaza, Dacogen might have the same effect. On the other hand, other adverse effects (like nausea, rash, etc.) might be peculiar to each drug.

Here's the prescribing info for Vidaza, and the package insert for Dacogen. If you look for the "Adverse Effects" section in each, you could compare and see what you think.

Take care!

Greg
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