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Originally Posted by Birgitta-A

Hi Data!
You know EPO is made by our kidneys - when our HGB is low the kidneys try to increase EPO that should increase HGB. Many of us have a high EPO at dx because our kidneys have tried during a long time to increase HGB.

My EPO was more than 800 at dx - that means that I never got EPO drugs since they don't work well if the patients EPO initially is more than 500.

Hopefully Epogen will increase your HGB even if you are a "borderline patient" considering EPO treatment .
Kind regards

Birgitta-A

Thanks for the info. I had heard that if your EPO level was high the chance of Epogen working was low but I had never heard the cut off. I guess I shouldn't hold out too much hope. Thanks again.

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