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Treatment of lung adenocarcinoma
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My mother started taking osimertinib. Two weeks later, her platelet count dropped from 150 to 100. Forty days after that, she suffered a myocardial infarction. Her platelet count has now fallen to just over 50. Osimertinib has been discontinued. I would like to know if she can resume this medication in the future.
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@tongxiaozhi, that's certainly a scary reaction. Has she stabilized now, and is she feeling better?
Do her doctors believe it was the medication, or some other cause for these events? Some people do well on a lower than standard dose of the targeted therapy medications, but it's certainly best for her doctors to determine what's best. Are you and your family able to help her through this illness? It has to be a difficult time for all of you.