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Vidaza vs. Dacogen
Hello,
Has anybody responded to dacogen but not to vidaza, or vice versa?
My father was on vidaza for 2 cycles, but becomes severely anemic too quickly. After a 2 unit blood transfusion, his HGB dropped to 5 after less than a week. So we're stopping the vidaza for a cycle to see if his blood production can come up a bit on its own.
I asked my doc about Dacogen, but he says it's the same as vidaza, so there's no reason to try it. I'm wondering if it's worth pushing the doc into trying it anyway, but don't want my father to suffer the same effects if there's virtually no chance of it working. Thanks!
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Son of 70 yo; diagnosed MDS 11/2008, treated with vidaza; diagnosed AA 3/2009, treated with ATG, cyclosporine and exjade; rediagnosed MDS 7/2009, restarted with 2 cycles of vidaza, but currently halted treatment of both vidaza and exjade due to severe effects from the drugs.
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