Hi CR,
Nobody knows the best way to administrate Vidaza according to my doctor who is a specialist in Vidaza for MDS patients.
Most patients get 7 days in a 28 days cycle. Other 5 days + 2 (nothing weekends) or 5 days. One member in this forum is getting 10 days with very good results.
Most patients get 75 mg/m2 others 100 or 50 mg/m2.
Most patients get the drug under the skin (sc) and other in a vein (iv). The patients that have tried both seem to prefer iv administration. We are waiting for the Vidaza pill that is tested in trials.
You know MDS is not one disease but many and we all react different when we get drugs. So far Vidaza is the best drug for most MDS patients - a little more than 50% of the patients respond.
Hope your husband will have a good response
!
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
71 yo, MDS Interm-1 dx May 2006, transfusion dependent from dx, Desferal and Exjade for iron overload, 2 injections Neupogen/week for low white blood cells.