Hi Sally,
You know we don't know if Promacta increases blast cells in MDS patients because for some reason they are very late with reports about Promacta for us
. Perhaps they will show a report at the Hematologic Conference ASH in Dec.
We know that both drugs can increase fibrosis of the bone marrow in patients with the autoimmune bleeding disease Immune Thrombocytopenuc Purpura.
There are several members of this forum who are taking Promacta or Nplate and have good responses.
Of cause your husband should continue to take Promacta.
I am still OK after 16 months with Thalidomide + Prednisone, thank you
.
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
72 yo, dx MDS Interm-1 2006, supportive therapy including txs, chelating drugs and Neupogen until June 2010 when I started to take Thalidomide + Prednisone. Latest counts HGB 13.5, WBCs 4.4 and Platelets 92.