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Bearygood

05-01-2009 10:26 AM

Novantrone (Mitoxantrone) Warning!

I hate when this stuff pops up in my news alert but we should all be aware:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...&refer=germany

Quote:

April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Patients who took Merck KGaA's Novantrone to control multiple sclerosis were three to 10 times more likely to develop leukemia than in previous reports, an Italian study said.

barb02

05-01-2009 11:28 AM

Thank you! My neuro has mentioned novantrone as a possibility as I have not been able to tolerate the other treatments. I do not think my MS is advanced enough to warrant this drug. I knew about the possiblility of developing leukemia of heart failure, but his study suggest that there is a greater possibliliyt than my neuro mentioned.

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