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Treatment of lung adenocarcinoma
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Jun 22 9:07pm | Replies (38)Comment receiving replies
With all due respect I would never give anyone a drug that caused such life threatening symptoms, you’re blessed that she survived this horrific event. I understand that you want to do what’s best for her but there’s many other options that you can speak to your doctor about, these medications can do good things for some people but they also can cause life threatening symptoms. It’s really in your mother’s best interest and your own peace of mind to take this serious issue to her doctors who know what is best for her.
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@frouke Many thanks for your reply. We took osimertinib for two weeks and did a follow-up check. The blood routine and liver function were both normal, but the platelet count dropped from 150 to 100. After continuing the medication for another month, she caught a cold during that period. One day she suddenly vomited, and at night we sent her to the hospital. The doctor said it was an acute myocardial infarction.
Angiography showed a large thrombus in the coronary artery. The doctor said the main cause was still atherosclerosis. In addition, my mother had two previous mild strokes and has been taking antihypertensive medication continuously.
Now she is hospitalized for further tests, and her liver function is also abnormal. The doctor said it may be due to osimertinib; however, the doctor also said that the main cause of the myocardial infarction was not osimertinib, but that it may have had some contributing effect.
After the heart attack, her platelet count dropped to just over 50. It is unclear whether this is due to the myocardial infarction or the effect of osimertinib