10 patient evaluations for Cyclophosphamide

Oct 22, 2016 (Started Jun 30, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for CNS lupus)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (bone marrow suppression)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: This is a muscle relaxer and theoretically should have no effect on nerve pain, but when I went off of it for a short time because my insurance wanted me to try a different drug, I immediately started having worse nerve pain in my feet.  Now I've been back on it for about a week and I think the pain is better.  Of course, it could be placebo effect, but that doesn't matter to me, does it?
Cost: < $25 monthly

Oct 14, 2016 (Started Jun 30, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for CNS lupus)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (bone marrow suppression)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Advice & Tips: This is Cytoxen, a chemotherapy drug.  I had monthly treatments for nine months, became so anemic that I got dehydrated from low blood volume and went into renal failure twice.  It did stop my seizures, episodes of amnesia and other neuropsychiatric symptoms for a long time.  It was worth the risks.
Cost: $200+ monthly

  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 30, 2011 (Started Jan 07, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for used to kill immune system)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (brain fog)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 2 g Monthly
Advice & Tips: it worked wonderfully for we'll over a year! My disease then started to take over again. Taking this drug for my MS was one thing, taking it to kill my immune system to prepare me for my transplant was another completely.
Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 11, 2011 (Started Dec 16, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: I put this treatment in as a mistake
Cost: < $25 monthly

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