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Thalidomide
Dear Ita,
Your father had a very good response when he was treated with Thalidomide but as far as I understand he should try some other drug now for example Revlimid - a similar drug.
At dx 2006 my HGB was 7.6. I started at once with blood txs and received 142 units of blood during 4 years. My dysfunctional platelets decreased slowly and May 2010 they were only 22. June 2010 I accepted Thalidomide 50 mg/day + Prednisone with positive response. After 4 weeks my platelets were 43 but my WBCs decreased so I continued with Thalidomide 50 mg 4 caps/week + Prednisone 5 mg/day. Since Sept 2010 I have not needed blood txs.
My latest counts (yesterday) were: HGB 12.4, WBCs 3.9 and platelets 93.
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
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