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Originally Posted by Birgitta-A
Hi Teo,
You know Ferriprox was approved in the US very late because low WBC is not an uncommon adverse effect. Look out for neutropenia! I could not tolerate Ferriprox.
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
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Hi Teo,
Good to hear from you. On the low WBC count, just re-quoting from an earlier post that Ferriprox is known to cause low WBC as a side effect. But your mothers WBC is only slightly lower so maybe some other temporary reason, which could correct by itself. But still good to keep a watch.
My mother has also just recently started with low dose chelation drug asunra(same as exjade).
Doc has discontinued the epo+gcsf for now, he does not see any major benefit, so its only RBC transfusion for now.
All the best!!