CBC counts on verzenio

[Joey1965]

Am on Verzenio /faslo / zometa

Verzenio for 9 mnths at 300mg daily

CBC counts always low since starting verzenio however past 2 blood draws counts dropping further.

WBC 1.4

Hemoglobin 9.1

RBC 2.3

Platelets 70

Oncology not too concerned - they want another blood draw and if further drop possibly reduce verzenio dosage to 200mg/day

Any similar experiences with low counts? Should I be concerned?

Thank you ! Jo

[blms]

Counts are low but seem kind of usual fir the drugs. What us your ANC? Shute count Celia 1,000 Tory will probably change or wait

[Joey1965 in reply to blms]

Thank you ! ANC at 1

[TNVol]

Hi, Jo! I'm on exactly the same meds for a similar length of time except only 100 mg daily. I'm still seeing a decline in my counts; nothing drastic, just a steady slide but not nearly the level of yours. You must be tired with low hemoglobin and RBC. Hope your onc has good answers for you. Take care of yourself! 😉

Manon

[Joey1965 in reply to TNVol]

Thank you ! Yes am so tired all the time. You take good care too.

[luckysmom13]

I'm on Verzenio 150mg twice a day. My WBC and Hgb are always at the lower end of normal, or just below. No problem with platelets. I hope something helps! Hgb of 9 is too low to function well.

[USIrishcolleen]

Hello Jo,

Mine are quite a bit higher on each, but as long as the oncologist is not alarmed, I would say try to relax about them. You could also get a second opinion if you are not crazy about your oncologist.

Sorry that I was not too helpful.

Best,

Colleen

[kearnan]

I would think if your onco is not concerned, then go by what she/he says. Everybody on this board will have differing opinions. Some keep notes of everything. I do not. I never knew what my "numbers" are bc I have never asked and my onco and the cancer center I go to do not think it matters much and the the numbers have no real importance but that is the cancer center I go to. People can get themselves all stressed about bc of what another person may say. Nobody on here is a doctor (or maybe someone is LOL). But if you trust your onco, then you should feel good about what she is saying. There was an expression someone wrote in my St. Rose of Lima eighth grade autograph book. "Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you because if you trouble trouble, then it will trouble you." (Seems kind of mature now for an eighth grader to put that in my book, but she was the smartest girl in both classes LOL