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Ask Caroline, a Macmillan Nurse working with people who have Leukaemia, Myelodysplasia...
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Hi there
Just wondering if anyone has had success with the above named drug?
I am about to be started on it, so any help, advice or support it might be received
Thanks
Tamsin xxx
Hi feline-fan
I'm not a member of this group but was passing and noticed that you hadn't had any replies.
I typed 'Blinatumomab' into the search facility in this group but it only brought up a couple of very old posts. I'm going to tag Paul1969 into my reply as he is the Community Champion for this group and might have some information on this drug or be able to point you in the right direction to find some information.
Wishing you all the best
x
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
What is a Community Champion?
Ok thank you
Hi Feline-Fan
Sorry for the slow reply.. Whilst I had ALL I wasn't Philadelphia positive and my treatment was a while ago so no experience of Blinatumomab. It appears to be quite a new drug which is still being trialled after successful results so far. I would try speaking to your team or perhaps try the helpline (number below) and try and speak to one of the nurses.
Good luck!
Paul
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Thanks Paul
Not sure it’s a trial drug anymore, as it was approved for use by NICE
Seemingly quite widely used in America, but still early days for it in this country.
Have heard a lot of good reports about it though