So, Asciminib is this stuff that blocks a protein called BCR-ABL, really important for leukemia. It’s used for people who’ve tried other drugs and they didn’t work or they couldn’t take them. This drug goes straight to the active part of the ABL, the bad guy in CML, and stops it in its tracks.
There are tablets available in 20 mg and 40 mg strengths. You usually take 80 mg a day – that’s either two 40 mg tablets once a day or four 20 mg tablets twice a day. Each bottle has 60 tablets, good for about two weeks of treatment if you’re on the 80 mg a day regimen.
