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I don't know if this would work for your father, but I took nPlate (weekly shots) for a while and it boosted my platelet count. It was a fight with the insurance company to get coverage, but we finally prevailed. I went from almost weekly platelet transfusions to no transfusions since December 2011. It's fairly expensive, so the insurance company would rather pay for transfusions than the medication. Tough luck for the patient, but that's our world today.
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Sue, age 72; Dx 6/2010 MDS Int-2. Revlimid unsuccessful, began Aranesp 10/2010; additionally Dx PNH 2/2011, Soliris added 3/2011. ATG 5/2011, Cyclosporine 5/2011. Nplate 10/2011 to 10/2012 . Exjade began 12/2013 due to high ferritin level, discontinued 3/2014 because of increase in creatinine.
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