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Suggest Treatment For Multiple Myeloma
hello sir/mam,
I have a query.my grandpa is 70 yrs old is sufferring from multiple myeloma.he was diagnosed in august 2008 in stage 3 with no spread to bones .his myeloma proteins level was about 3.75 mg/dl in august 2008 which came down to 0.87 mg /dl within a month on chemotherapy with thalidomide 200mg/daily and dexamethasone 40 mg /day .then he continued treatment till december 2008 but there was a static response and d protein level was about 0.67 mg/dl.currently he has stopped the treatment presuming to be in plateau phase.his current m protein levels are 0.75mg/dl.but the thing he developed cataract dis month dat is jan 2010.and post operatively he is taking prednisolone oral 10 mg tds for 2 days wid gradual tapering upto 6 days.I want to enquire that does this medicine will have any effect on myeloma status.kindly inform.also he is having some problems like tingling sensation.we(family) r presuming it to b side effects of steroids.can it b possible?also past few days he developed pedal edema.so is dis anything to do with steroids.???also i want to enquire when should he restart the treatment.
I have a query.my grandpa is 70 yrs old is sufferring from multiple myeloma.he was diagnosed in august 2008 in stage 3 with no spread to bones .his myeloma proteins level was about 3.75 mg/dl in august 2008 which came down to 0.87 mg /dl within a month on chemotherapy with thalidomide 200mg/daily and dexamethasone 40 mg /day .then he continued treatment till december 2008 but there was a static response and d protein level was about 0.67 mg/dl.currently he has stopped the treatment presuming to be in plateau phase.his current m protein levels are 0.75mg/dl.but the thing he developed cataract dis month dat is jan 2010.and post operatively he is taking prednisolone oral 10 mg tds for 2 days wid gradual tapering upto 6 days.I want to enquire that does this medicine will have any effect on myeloma status.kindly inform.also he is having some problems like tingling sensation.we(family) r presuming it to b side effects of steroids.can it b possible?also past few days he developed pedal edema.so is dis anything to do with steroids.???also i want to enquire when should he restart the treatment.
