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Tasigna Cancer Medication Carries More Risks Than Others

As if suffering from cancer was not enough, Tasigna patients have to worry about amputations, paralysis and sudden death

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 - Traditional side effects from anti-cancer chemotherapy include nausea and vomiting, weakness, easy bruising and the dreaded baldness from hair loss. All of these side effects are non-life threatening and mostly temporary. When a cancer patient stops chemotherapy they start to feel better, their energy improves, and hopefully, their hair grows back. Tasigna chemotherapy has all of these side effects plus one ... sudden death. Tasigna patients experience a condition known as QT prolongation, an irregular heartbeat that it is warned, in a black box warning, can cause sudden death from a heart attack. Even though Tasigna is an effective treatment for cancer for some the risks are hardly worth it. Potential Tasigna patient must undergo a battery of heart test such as having an electrocardiogram (ECG) before, during, and at regular monthly intervals after cancer treatments with the drug. The initial tests act as a baseline to compare the changes in the heart rhythm when treatments begin. Patients with pre-existing heart abnormalities are advised to avoid Tasigna.

If the risk of suddenly dropping dead from a heart attack was not enough, Tasigna has been shown to cause atherosclerosis and peripheral artery disease in a high percentage of patients taking the drug. Atherosclerosis is an irreversible build-up of plaque within the walls of the body's major arteries leading to the extremities of the feet, the brain, and the heart. This fatty plaque buildup reduces the volume of oxygen and nutrient-rich blood that can make its way to the cells of the feet and toes. When blood flow is sufficiently reduced tissue death occurs and the only treatment is amputation. Tasigna patients should look for the early signs that atherosclerosis is developing such as numbness, pain, and tingle in the legs, feet, and toes and toenail thickening and discoloration. High blood pressure is another indication that atherosclerosis is developing. Tasigna patients are also dying from heart attacks caused by plaque breaking off of the walls of the artery and getting stuck in the smaller veins or arteries causing a blockage. When the blockage is in a passageway leading to the heart, a heart attack occurs. When the blocked artery leads to the brain, a paralyzing stroke can happen.

It has taken years but Tasigna maker and seller Novartis AG has placed an unequivocal warning on its website as well as on bottles of Tasigna stating the unusual and deadly risks the drug carries. For many, the warning is too little, too late as specialty pharmacists refilled their Gleevec anti-cancer prescription with the deadly Tasigna without the patient's awareness or consent. If you or a loved one has been given or are currently taking Tasigna and have developed atherosclerosis, you may qualify to file a claim against the company for failing to warn of the drug's deadly side effects. Plaintiffs suing Novartis have hired Tasigna atherosclerosis lawyers to seek reimbursement for medical expenses, lost income, pain and suffering and all other expenses incurred related to the disease.

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