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Old Fri Aug 22, 2014, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Marlene View Post
Wonder if Danazol would be an option. It's a synthetic androgen similar to testosterone and has been used in SAA. If you search on it on this forum you'll find a few people who participated in a clinical trial. I can't remember if it was for AA or MDS though.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21279356
Danazol has definitely helped me. PRCA only affects red cells, but Danazol is now the only med I take.

"Greg H" on these boards has written many very good postings about it. There is also a poster with AA and a TERC mutation who has had success. I'm sorry, but I've forgotten her name. If you search the member list for Greg H you can see all his posts. He writes for a living, so they are among the best on this site.
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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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