Bone Pain    -     Chronic Myeloid Leukemia   -   CML

CML can cause bone pain or joint pain as the bone marrow expands when excess white blood cells build up. Joint pain usually improves after a few months of being on a TKI.

SITES

Pain treatment by LLS
Vitamin D by Mayo Clinic

FORUMS

Paracetamol or Ibuprofen while on Glivec ? by CML support
Bone Pain/Vitamin D deficiency -  ( vitamin D3, and vitamin K2 ) by LLS
 
ARTICLES   

Bone Pain
October 27, 2016, Healthline    

Musculoskeletal Pain May Be Sign of Potential Tyrosine Kinase
August 1, 2014, AscoPost

Relieving joint pain
March 15, 2014, CML-IQ

Long-Term Treatment With Imatinib Affected Bone Mineral Density
April 16, 2013, CancerNetwork

Contrasting effects of diclofenac and ibuprofen also known as (Advil, Brufen, Motrin, Nuprin, Nurofen) on active imatinib uptake into leukaemic cells
More about diclofenac and ibuprofen 
April 24, 2012, Nature              

Bone Infarcts in a Case of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Chronic Phase
October 20, 2011, NCBI

Knee pain: ACL, MCL, or CML?
2010, Blood

Art Therapy Can Reduce Pain In Cancer Patients
January 1, 2006, MedecineWorld.org


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