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Old Sat Oct 15, 2011, 03:20 PM
triumphe64 triumphe64 is offline
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Originally Posted by m garmon View Post
He was on Procrit for about six months but they took him off about a month before telling him he has Pure Red cell Aplise. I read that it is possible for procrit to cause PRCA. Has anyone ever heard of this ? We are thinking that we may need to take him somewhere else to another doctor. I mean he does sill get week, dizzy and need blood. He feels a little better, doctor said that is because his body is getting use to less blood, Could the doctor be right and his body is healing its self ?
There are many articles and clinical trials that indicate Procrit can cause PRCA.

BTW: I sent you a Private Message when you first mentioned PRCA. Look at the upper right of the screen to read it.
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Dallas, Texas - Age 81 - Pure Red Cell Aplasia began March 2005 - Tried IVIG - Then cyclosporine and prednisone. Then Danazol, was added. Then only Danazol . HG reached 16.3 March 2015. Taken off all meds. Facebook PRCA group https://www.facebook.com/groups/PureRedCellAplasia/
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