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The procrit recall was massive. It was not an issue over the drug per se but rather over the glass containers in which the drug was shipped/stored. They sloughed off tiny glass particles that, if injected into a patient, could cause problems. I expect procrit will likely be unavailable for a fair time even if they did not have to solve whatever problem occurred with the formulation of the drug that related to the glass issue.
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Arthur: born 1941; dx 1996 MDS/RARS, Treatment: Procrit weekly since 2003, shifted to aranesp Sept 2010 after procrit recall; also dx 2003 compound-heterozygous hemachromatosis, Treatment: routine phleobotomies to keep ferretin in safe levels.
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