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Tasigna is Effective in Treating Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

People should be aware of the symptoms of leukemia as early as possible in order to treat the disease effectively

Tuesday, January 1, 2019 - Tasigna is the most effective prescription medication currently on the market to treat adults and children and potentially bring into remission a rare and often deadly form of cancer known as Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. CML for short is a cancer of the bone marrow and affects the blood directly. CML patients produce an excess of immature and damaged white blood cells, cells that circulate throughout the body fighting infection and disease. The problem with overproducing damaged white blood cells is that they crowd out healthy red blood cells whose primary purpose is to carry oxygen to the cells. When red blood cells decline a patient instantly feels tired and lethargic and no amount of sleep can revitalize them. Philadelphia Positive Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (Ph+Cml) is when our chromosomes switch genes randomly and create harmful proteins. This new, foreign chromosome is called the Philadelphia chromosome and confuses normal white blood cell division. It is like the off switch to white blood cell division is turned off. According to www.tasigna.com, the symptoms to watch for that you or a loved one may have PH+CML are "anemia, fatigue, and organ failure." CML may also bring about death. Chronic leukemia differs from acute leukemia in that chronic leukemia does not completely effect all white blood cells and the disease spreads more slowly. Tasigna atherosclerosis lawsuits handled by national attorneys representing people harmed by Tasigna offer free consultation.

It can be difficult to diagnose chronic myeloid leukemia at first because the disease comes on so gradually and the symptoms may not be readily recognizable for a long time. According to the American Cancer Society, symptoms of CML may include lethargy, unintended weight loss, fevers and sweating, fatigue, lightheadedness, trouble catching your breath, loss of pigmentation in the skin, easy bruising, bleeding and infections that do not respond to treatments. Since leukemia is a form of blood cancer it can affect any or all internal organs causing symptoms specific to the failed organ. A patient may appear to yellow if cancer has spread to the spleen or pancreas. A CML patient may also experience trouble breathing or experience chest pain.

Tasigna treats Ph+CML by binding to certain proteins and inhibiting and stabilizing the growth of abnormal white blood cells, allowing healthy white blood cells to regain their quantities. Tasigna has been so effective in treating CML patients that the US FDA has taken the unprecedented move of allowing the drug to label it with the notice that patients may be able to discontinue the drug's use after a period time under a doctor's supervision. According to Richard Pazdur, M.D., director of the FDA's Oncology Center of Excellence and acting director of the Office of Hematology and Oncology Products in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, "Today's approval shows that some patients may be able to stop treatment with Tasigna altogether if they are showing a strong response to therapy. While we welcome this progress in patient care, it's important to note that any discontinuation of treatment still means patients must be regularly monitored for disease recurrence."

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