Thread: My Dad's Story
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Old Wed Mar 4, 2009, 01:11 PM
Birgitta-A Birgitta-A is offline
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Hi Debra,
Perhaps your father could try Desferal for iron overload? Desferal has been used for 40 years. You have to get it iv or sc - there are no pills.

I have got 80 units of packed red blood cells and had a port-a-cath implanted for Desferal that I now get iv for 4 days in connection with transfusions. I have not felt any adverse reactions.
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
70 yo, dx MDS Interm-1 May 2006, transfusion dependent from dx, Desferal, Neupogen 2 injections/week for low white blood cells
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