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Re: Velcade, cyclophosphamide & dexamethasone (VCD / CyBorD)

by Zakhar on Tue Mar 27, 2018 8:40 am

Patients in the EMN02 clinical trial get four cycles of VCD (Velcade, cyclo­phos­phamide, and dexa­meth­a­sone) as their initial induction therapy.

Zakhar

Re: Velcade, cyclophosphamide & dexamethasone (VCD / CyBorD)

by Little Monkey on Sun Apr 01, 2018 9:01 pm

When my father did CyBorD (cyclo­phos­phamide, bor­tez­o­mib, and dexa­metha­sone), he found it hard to sleep on the night of the week he had taken dexa­metha­sone; I recommend having a few good movies lined up for that night of the week, or a TV series marathon.

Little Monkey
Name: Little Monkey
Who do you know with myeloma?: Father-stage 1 multiple myeloma
When were you/they diagnosed?: March/April of 2015

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