Home         Forums  

Go Back   Marrowforums > Treatments > Drugs and Drug Treatments
Register FAQ Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Drugs and Drug Treatments ATG, Cyclosporine, Revlimid, Vidaza, Dacogen, ...

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
  #1  
Old Fri Jun 27, 2008, 01:44 PM
Birgitta-A Birgitta-A is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Posts: 1,918
Exclamation Updated warning for Aranesp and similar drugs

Hi all,
Unfortunately Aranesp and similar drugs seem to give more complications and EMEA (corresponding to FDA in Europe) is updating the warning:

http://www.emea.europa.eu/pdfs/human...33396308en.pdf
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old Fri Jun 27, 2008, 03:54 PM
Marlene Marlene is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Springfield, VA
Posts: 1,406
Thanks for posting this.

Marlene
__________________
Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old Sat Jun 28, 2008, 05:25 AM
Birgitta-A Birgitta-A is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Posts: 1,918
Warning for Aranesp

Hi Marlene,
The question of giving erythropoiesis-stimulating agents like Aranesp is very complicated . From one of the other four support groups I belong to we got this abstract today:
http://theoncologist.alphamedpress.o.../13/6/715?etoc

The insurance companies will probably be still more restrictive with permission to give Aranesp in the future.
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old Sat Jun 28, 2008, 09:29 PM
Zoe's Life Zoe's Life is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Logan, Ohio
Posts: 127
I think this is the same info the US looked at several months ago. There was debate about whether or not it affected MDS patients. It was decided it did not present a problem for MDS (and I think other non-tumor cancers).

Zoe
__________________
Diagnosed MDS-RA 5q- at age 47 (November 2006). Aranesp 2/07, good response.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old Sun Jun 29, 2008, 05:19 AM
Birgitta-A Birgitta-A is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Posts: 1,918
Aranesp

Hi Zoe,
I hope you are right but this sentense makes me wonder: "Epoetin-containing medicines are indicated in patients with chronic renal failure and for the treatment of anaemia in symptomatic patients with non-myeloid tumours receiving chemotherapy."
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old Sun Jun 29, 2008, 09:20 PM
Zoe's Life Zoe's Life is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Logan, Ohio
Posts: 127
Birgitta,

The US warnings said the same thing. Using it for MDS is an off-lable use, although after all this time I don't know why it still is.

Zoe
__________________
Diagnosed MDS-RA 5q- at age 47 (November 2006). Aranesp 2/07, good response.
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
No AML from Neupogen or similar drugs Birgitta-A Bone Marrow Failure 4 Wed May 25, 2011 03:20 PM
News about Zolinza and similar drugs Birgitta-A Drugs and Drug Treatments 0 Sat Apr 12, 2008 06:20 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:31 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Forum sites may contain non-authoritative and unverified information.
Medical decisions should be made in consultation with qualified medical professionals.
Site contents exclusive of member posts Copyright © 2006-2020 Marrowforums.org