Hi aggarab,
There are two new drugs for low platelets - Nplate and Revolade - but they are still only approved for patients with the bleeding disease Immune Thrombopenic Purpura.
MDS patients still have to try to take care of our platelets as well as we can. In your fathers case he will have to rely on transfusions till he hopefully will respond and the platelets will increase.
You know there are many kinds of drugs and food that affect the platelets or increase bleedings. I have copied this link several times to the members of this forum since many patients try food that is supposed to make you healthy (like omega 3 and garlic) but can be dangerous for the MDS patient with low platelets:
http://www.pdsa.org/itp-information/itp-warnings.html
Kind regards
Birgitta-A