Mine is up to 108 after a year on Gleevec, and ideas?
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Does Gleevec cause higher fasting glucose levels?
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, Feb 05 2015 01:25 PM
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Posted 05 February 2015 - 01:25 PM
Diagnosed 3/2014 WBC 28 Non detectable within 3 monthsGleevec 400 mg 5/2014 one hour after dinner really improves nausea300 mg 12/15/2016200 mg and 300 mg Gleevec 2/25/2017 (after 3 years on Gleevec) For last four months taking 300 mg per day. Last CMC showed liver enzymes elevated, went to a good Naturopath and he recommended 4 Tumeric, 10,000 mg Vitamen D, and 3 milk thistle (silymarin) daily. Also use One<p>Day Detox Dandeloin tea, and Nettle Tea and a slice of ginger every day...in two months liver tests were below normal.Janis
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Posted 05 February 2015 - 02:23 PM
Yes, it can. Mine is higher, almost certainly due to Gleevec.
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Posted 05 February 2015 - 03:04 PM
So glad to hear from diabetics. Only on gleevec for a week so not sure long term. I'm running lower but also not eating as much. Will have to adjust insulin if this continues.
Diagnosed 1/15/15
FISH 92%
BMB 9:22 translocation
1/19/15 began 400 mg gleevec
1/22/15 bcr 37.2 IS
2/6/15 bcr 12.5 IS
3/26/15 bcr 10.3 IS
6/29/15 bcr 7.5 IS
9/24/15 bcr 0.8 IS
1/4/16 bcr 0.3 IS
Started 100 mg dasatinib, mutation analysis negative
4/20/16 bcr 0.03 IS
8/8/16 bcr 0.007 IS
12/6/16 bcr 0.002 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 70 mg
4/10/17 bcr 0.001 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 50 mg
7/5/17 bcr 0.004 IS
8/10/17 bcr 0.001. Stopped TKI in prep for September surgery.
9/10/17 bcr 0.006
10/10/17 bcr 0.088
FISH 92%
BMB 9:22 translocation
1/19/15 began 400 mg gleevec
1/22/15 bcr 37.2 IS
2/6/15 bcr 12.5 IS
3/26/15 bcr 10.3 IS
6/29/15 bcr 7.5 IS
9/24/15 bcr 0.8 IS
1/4/16 bcr 0.3 IS
Started 100 mg dasatinib, mutation analysis negative
4/20/16 bcr 0.03 IS
8/8/16 bcr 0.007 IS
12/6/16 bcr 0.002 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 70 mg
4/10/17 bcr 0.001 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 50 mg
7/5/17 bcr 0.004 IS
8/10/17 bcr 0.001. Stopped TKI in prep for September surgery.
9/10/17 bcr 0.006
10/10/17 bcr 0.088
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Posted 05 February 2015 - 03:16 PM
When on Gleevac I had my fasting glucose increase as well. Always right around the upper end of normal. Then it dropped after switching to Sprycel and is now increasing again.
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Posted 05 February 2015 - 09:19 PM
I think my numbers are more diet related. But I have had a tendency to run low when I'm sick unlike most who have higher numbers when I'll. anyone feeling full quickly and a lot of nausea on gleevec?
Diagnosed 1/15/15
FISH 92%
BMB 9:22 translocation
1/19/15 began 400 mg gleevec
1/22/15 bcr 37.2 IS
2/6/15 bcr 12.5 IS
3/26/15 bcr 10.3 IS
6/29/15 bcr 7.5 IS
9/24/15 bcr 0.8 IS
1/4/16 bcr 0.3 IS
Started 100 mg dasatinib, mutation analysis negative
4/20/16 bcr 0.03 IS
8/8/16 bcr 0.007 IS
12/6/16 bcr 0.002 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 70 mg
4/10/17 bcr 0.001 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 50 mg
7/5/17 bcr 0.004 IS
8/10/17 bcr 0.001. Stopped TKI in prep for September surgery.
9/10/17 bcr 0.006
10/10/17 bcr 0.088
FISH 92%
BMB 9:22 translocation
1/19/15 began 400 mg gleevec
1/22/15 bcr 37.2 IS
2/6/15 bcr 12.5 IS
3/26/15 bcr 10.3 IS
6/29/15 bcr 7.5 IS
9/24/15 bcr 0.8 IS
1/4/16 bcr 0.3 IS
Started 100 mg dasatinib, mutation analysis negative
4/20/16 bcr 0.03 IS
8/8/16 bcr 0.007 IS
12/6/16 bcr 0.002 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 70 mg
4/10/17 bcr 0.001 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 50 mg
7/5/17 bcr 0.004 IS
8/10/17 bcr 0.001. Stopped TKI in prep for September surgery.
9/10/17 bcr 0.006
10/10/17 bcr 0.088
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Posted 05 February 2015 - 10:10 PM
I recall mine being higher, it was still normal but upper limit. Last I checked I did not have the issue with Sprycel.
Date - Lab - Scale - Drug - Dosage MG - PCR
2010/Jul - MSKCC - Non-IS - Gleevec - 400 - 1.2%
2010/Oct - MSKCC - Non-IS - Gleevec - 400 - 0.25%
2010/Dec - MSKCC - Non-IS - Gleevec - 400 - 0.367%
2011/Mar - MSKCC - Non-IS - Gleevec - 400 - 0.0081%
2011/Jun - MSKCC - Non-IS - Gleevec - 400 - 0%
2011/Sep - MSKCC - Non-IS - Gleevec - 400 - 0.00084%
2011/Dec - MSKCC - Non-IS - Gleevec - 400 - 0%
2012/Mar - MSKCC - Non-IS - Gleevec - 400 - 0.004%
2012/Jun - MSKCC - Non-IS - Gleevec - 400 - 0%
2012/Sep - MSKCC - Non-IS - Gleevec - 400 - 0%
2012/Dec - MSKCC - Non-IS - Sprycel - 100 - 0%
2013/Jan - Quest - IS - Sprycel - 50-60-70 - 0%
2013/Mar - Quest - IS - Sprycel - 60-70 - 0%
2013/Apr - CUMC - Non-IS - Sprycel - 50 - 0.036%
2013/May - CUMC - Non-IS - Sprycel - 50 - 0.046%
2013/Jun - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 50 - 0.0239%
2013/Jul - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 70 - 0.0192%
2013/Jul - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 70 - 0.0034%
2013/Oct - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 70 - 0.0054%
2014/Jan - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 70 - 0.0093%
2014/Mar - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 100 - 0.013%
2014/Apr - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 100 - 0.0048%
2014/Jul - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 100 - 0%
2014/Nov - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 100 - 0.047%
2014/Dec - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 100 - 0%
2015/Mar - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 100 - 0%
2015/Jun - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 100 - 0%
2015/Sep - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 100 - 0%
2015/Dec - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 100 - 0%
2016/Mar - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 100 - 0.0228%
2016/Jun - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 100 - 0%
2016/Sep - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 100 - 0%
2016/Dec - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 100 - 0%
2017/Mar - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 100 - 0%
2017/Jun - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 100 - 0%
2017/Sep - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 100 - 0%
2017/Dec - Genoptix - IS - Sprycel - 100 - 0%
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Posted 06 February 2015 - 08:29 AM
Mine was also higher. BTW, I am not diabetic and I don't know if anyone else who replied is either. I remember when I first started on Sprycel it would run between 110-120 fasting! Now it's down to between 90-100 fasting. I don't think I'll ever get it below 90 again.
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DX 12/08; Gleevec 400mg; liver toxicity; Sprycel 100mg.; CCyR 4/10; MMR 8/10; Pleural Effusion 2/12; Sprycel 50mg. Maintaining MMR; 2/15 PCRU; 8/16 drifting in and out of undetected like a wave meeting the shore. Retired 12/23/2016! 18 months of PCRU, most recent at Mayo on 7/25/17 was negative at their new sensitivity reporting of 0.003.<p>
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Posted 06 February 2015 - 12:28 PM
I'm so glad I logged on today and found this. At my last medical the fasting blood sugar was high enough that they referred me for a HbA1c test (which turned out to be normal). It never occurred to me that it might be the Glivec. Something else to cross off the worry list!
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Posted 06 February 2015 - 01:19 PM
But you don't necessarily get diabetes right?
Diagnosed 3/2014 WBC 28 Non detectable within 3 monthsGleevec 400 mg 5/2014 one hour after dinner really improves nausea300 mg 12/15/2016200 mg and 300 mg Gleevec 2/25/2017 (after 3 years on Gleevec) For last four months taking 300 mg per day. Last CMC showed liver enzymes elevated, went to a good Naturopath and he recommended 4 Tumeric, 10,000 mg Vitamen D, and 3 milk thistle (silymarin) daily. Also use One<p>Day Detox Dandeloin tea, and Nettle Tea and a slice of ginger every day...in two months liver tests were below normal.Janis
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Posted 06 February 2015 - 04:31 PM
Okay, so I may be looking on the bright side here (unusual for me). I was working in the principle of 'your glucose management systems aren't buggered, it's just the drugs give a test result that looks like they are'. Prima facie, I suppose, 'everything is buggered and the drugs caused it' also works as an explanation.
A quick google of 'Gleevec and diabetes' however brings up lots of links to 'Gleevec may be a great new treatment for' rather than 'Gleevec may cause' so I may have been right after all 
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Posted 06 February 2015 - 06:33 PM
Buggered either way....bugger.
But that diabetes treatment thingy didn't pan out. Last I knew that idea was squashed like a bug....ger.
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Posted 06 February 2015 - 07:09 PM
Hi Everyone,
I would be interested if anyone knows of any scientific articles published in peer-reviewed medical journals indicating that Gleevec causes either Type 2 Diabetes or an elevation in fasting blood glucose. Thanks, Frank
I would be interested if anyone knows of any scientific articles published in peer-reviewed medical journals indicating that Gleevec causes either Type 2 Diabetes or an elevation in fasting blood glucose. Thanks, Frank
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Posted 06 February 2015 - 10:54 PM
Tasigna is the TKI most commonly associated with elevated glucose. With Gleevec, some tests were done to test the hypothesis that glucose would improve. I'm not sure if the studies turned out to be definitive.
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Posted 25 February 2015 - 12:39 AM
I was on Gleevec for 8 years. I am also diabetic. Gleevec brought my blood sugar levels down. I was diabetic prior to Gleevec. Off the Gleevec my numbers increased and then increased even more with Sprycel. That's the ONLY side effect of Gleevec I miss is lower blood sugars.
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Posted 26 February 2015 - 04:26 PM
My appetite is so decreased my blood sugars are low since starting gleevec. Yesterday I really struggled to get blood sugar above 70. Ate all day in a very healthy way and it never got above 70 until I ate a 3 oz box of Hot Tamales candy. Then I kept normal blood sugars the rest of the day. I've decreased my insulin dose twice since starting gleevec and am heading toward 3rd reduction in a month! BTW, wouldn't recommend this method of eating to any diabetic but I hate taking a glucagon shot! And love cinnamon candy!
Diagnosed 1/15/15
FISH 92%
BMB 9:22 translocation
1/19/15 began 400 mg gleevec
1/22/15 bcr 37.2 IS
2/6/15 bcr 12.5 IS
3/26/15 bcr 10.3 IS
6/29/15 bcr 7.5 IS
9/24/15 bcr 0.8 IS
1/4/16 bcr 0.3 IS
Started 100 mg dasatinib, mutation analysis negative
4/20/16 bcr 0.03 IS
8/8/16 bcr 0.007 IS
12/6/16 bcr 0.002 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 70 mg
4/10/17 bcr 0.001 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 50 mg
7/5/17 bcr 0.004 IS
8/10/17 bcr 0.001. Stopped TKI in prep for September surgery.
9/10/17 bcr 0.006
10/10/17 bcr 0.088
FISH 92%
BMB 9:22 translocation
1/19/15 began 400 mg gleevec
1/22/15 bcr 37.2 IS
2/6/15 bcr 12.5 IS
3/26/15 bcr 10.3 IS
6/29/15 bcr 7.5 IS
9/24/15 bcr 0.8 IS
1/4/16 bcr 0.3 IS
Started 100 mg dasatinib, mutation analysis negative
4/20/16 bcr 0.03 IS
8/8/16 bcr 0.007 IS
12/6/16 bcr 0.002 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 70 mg
4/10/17 bcr 0.001 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 50 mg
7/5/17 bcr 0.004 IS
8/10/17 bcr 0.001. Stopped TKI in prep for September surgery.
9/10/17 bcr 0.006
10/10/17 bcr 0.088
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Posted 26 February 2015 - 07:41 PM
I was on Gleevec for 2 1/2 years and I've been on Sprycel for almost 3 years. They both caused my fasting glucose to run higher than is listed for a normal FBS.
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Posted 26 February 2015 - 07:44 PM
The meds for CML don't cause diabetes per se......
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