What is the treatment for CML in a 58 year old?
Patient: My father is a C.M.L. patient in T.M.H. Mumbai. he is 58 years old. he is continue having medicine "Veenat 600mg" Since 2005. Right now he has side effect (asicitic fluid in abdomen) and for this he is having "Aldactone 25mg" and regular tapping.But he doesn't have any relax with this medicine. Kindly suggest me some thing for him..... Doctor: Good morning. Your father is getting right treatment for CML but now since he has got ascitis, we need to check whether there is accelerated phase disease or blast crisis. he need to undergo bone marrow examination and BCR ABL transcript evaluation and ascitic fluid examination for that and accordingly a change in therapy may be required. Aldactone will not help much in that case. You need to discuss all these with your treating doctor.regards