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what abt low platelets.
Thanx for the reply,
We also have this concern of starting dacogen when he is already having fever. The doctor said that when all cultures are sterile/negative, then the fever might be due to disease only and says that they can start decogen.
We also want to wait, but the biggest problem is his platelets which even after transfusion are not giving much effects, they were 3000 ysday and after 1 SDP today were 18000. we might be needing platelets tommorow. therefore he is requiring platelets every alternate day. therefore in this condition when he is requiring platelets every alternate day, brining him home is difficult task. Moreoevr they ahave tried broad spacturm antibiotics for last 14 days and without any results. The fever is still there.
We have been told that paracetamol (what he is taking ) is safest. I agree that paracetamol also knocks the counts, but so do the fever. so if we dont give paracetamol, the fever knocks the count. we have to chose our poison there. Also the fever knocks him down also physically, therefore giving paracetamol is more of a compulsion then a choice.
We really dont know what to do at this moment.
Hoping for the ebst and praying for the best.
regards,
neel
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Father age 64 diagnosed with MDS RAEB-2, with 15%-18% blasts in October 2010. Only had blood and platelet transfusions. Ayurvedic treatment which showed result for arnd 5 months. Started Tahlidomide 100 mg started on 22 nd April 2011. Revolade 50 mg started on 2 nd april 2012.
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