Everolimus (RAD-001) is the 40-O-(2-hydroxyethyl) derivative of sirolimus and works similarly to sirolimus as an mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) inhibitor. It is currently used as an Immunosuppression to prevent Transplant rejection of organ transplants and treatment of renal cell c...
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Medications Change
...onc yesterday--who has an excellent reputation--and she encouraged me to start with Aromasin/Afinitor rather than Faslodex because my cancer is estrogen positive but progesterone negative. So she...
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...hoping once you've been on Aromasin & Afinitor for awhile, the pain will subside. I have bone mets and I was using hydrocodone (Vicodan) for pain. I'm 3 years...
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...removed and since than he is on sutent and chemo.But in PET .... Now doctors have started Afinitor. He is having shortness of ...fatigue with cough since started afinitor. Can anyone guide o...
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...few days - I am glad to hear the pancreas tumor shrunk - and no growth is better than growth in the liver! I have continued my Afinitor through the radiation treatment as well. Feeling good as...
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...Each seemed to put the bone mets to sleep for almost ...showing more activity again so now my oncologist wants me to start on Afinitor/Aromosin which worries me as I have not been on...
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...on the Sutent (instead of Afinitor cause it stopped working) on ...a lot wasn't water? My face was bloated on Afinitor too but those things are/were ...that well. Hope the Afinitor works fo...
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I just had my first labs since starting Afinitor yesterday, but haven't picked up the results yet. I haven't heard that it ...is what I am worried about. I have had a couple of nose bleeds...
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...a year ago. She started on letrozole, then after we ...markers increased so she is now takes Afinitor. Tumor markers are stable. ...chemo is next after Afinitor no longer holds the...
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