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Red cheeks

I switched to Nilotanib on 5th June , by Sunday I had glowing red cheeks by Tuesday they were burning no itching just hot, also realy tired, been in touch with HH waiting for them to get back, is there any one who is on Nilotanib has had the same reactions, body fine,

I know it's only a week but I done so well on Glivec I feel I am back to the begining again,

Mo

Mo,

I sometimes have burning cheeks - ensure you drink lots of water; at least 1-2 litres a day. I've found most side effects I get with nilotinib are cyclical in that they will come and go and over time will settle down.

Hope that helps

Chris

Hi Chris

Thank you for getting back to me, and an update on my cheeks they got very red, hot and burning, am now off of Nilotanib for four days to see if this is the reason ,if so they will reduce my dose and see how it goes,

Mo