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Arsenic drug

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May 24, 2006 at 1:23 pm #13146

shila
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If you can please advice if anyone has used this drug called arsenic. Does anyone know its response rate. Is it better than Vidaza.

May 24, 2006 at 3:01 pm #13147

lynette
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Hi Shila
My Mom had excellent results w/ arsenic(Trisenox). It is FDA approved for APL, now in clinical trials for AML, myeloma, etc. It does not work like Vidaza. We were quoted a remission rate of 40% when used with low dose ARA-C.
Lynette

May 26, 2006 at 5:37 am #13148

shila
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Thank you Lynette, really appreciate your input.

June 4, 2006 at 11:26 pm #13149

Kathryn
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My father was on Trisenox. It was apparently working for him; his counts had begun to come improve. He wasn’t on anything in addition to it beside frequent transfusions.

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Kathryn
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