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Dexamethasone & MDS
Hello,
My father was diagnosed with MDS in May 2014. He received Vidaza for 6-months as a response to dramatically low blood platelets and mildly low RBCs and WBCs. His platelets reached a low of 3,000.
By the second round of Vidaza, his platelets rose dramatically stair stepping their way to 335,000 during the 4th month of treatment. His platelets slowly declined in months 5-7. They are at 26,000 today in month #8.
In response, he has been prescribed a steroid called dexamethasone. Does anyone have any insight regarding how this drug is used used to treat MDS?
Thank you,
Steve
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