Mon Dec 5, 2011, 08:21 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Sorry to hear about your poor wife.
As far as I know, and Bill, the thread starter is certainly more versed in this area than I, epilepsy meds can and do trigger aplastic anemia. What I find very confusing is treating drug-induced AA with immunosuppression (ie ATG). I'd like to understand how a reaction to a medication causes immune-mediated AA that we can treat with ATG? Why can't withdrawal of the offending medication and time take care of this (I do realize that seizures would re-occur and that's not appropriate either)?
Perhaps Bill can add some input?
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Nicole, mom to Evan (20); diagnosed SAA November 2007, hATG mid-November 2007, no response after 6 months, unrelated 9/10 BMT June 2008, no GVH, health completely restored thanks to our beloved donor Bryan from Tennessee.
www.caringbridge.org/visit/evanmacneil
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