Chlorambucil & side effects

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Please let me know if you have used Chlorambucil on your cat & had to stop it, due to side effects. I would like feedback as to how soon the side effects wore off. Thanks for any related feedback.
 

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Here is a thread that links to an article about it and the side effects. Usually it takes a couple of weeks for the drug to start really working, and there are other meds that can help ease side effects, which are also mentioned in the link.

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I used it with Chelsea, who had GI lymphoma. As with most dogs and cats, the side effects of chemo, and in her case the Chlorambucil specifically, were minor. She started it later in the illness, so her tiredness and variable appetite were not anything that I ever put on the medication itself. It extended her life by about a year and a half. If these were side effects, I would not say that they ever went away entirely, but we managed with them.
 
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