I am hoping that someone on here could give me some advice to help me make a decision! I stopped Glivec after 8 months due to liver problems and then went onto Dasatinib which i have been on for about 2 years. I have had quite bad pleural effusion with it so have been on and off treatment for a while but recently was offered Tasigna. I started at the 800mg dose and the side effects have been awful (think being able to tick the box on pretty much all the side effects listed as well as a few that didn't exist!) so I stopped treatment and went back to the hospital.
My consultant wants me to try again but starting at 200mg a day and trying to 'build up' to the optimum dose. I am now scared to do this and am tempted to go back on Dasatinib and try steroids to keep the pleural effusion at bay.
Any advice would be gratefully received!
K