I don't think there are risks with stopping cyclosporine cold-turkey for her situation. It is not like prednisone. The levels in her blood will just gradually diminish. People do a slow taper with cyclosporine to mitigate the risks of relapse.
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55 yo female, dx 9/08, AA/hypo-MDS, subclinical PNH, ATG/CsA 12/08, partial response. small trisomy 6 clone, low-dose cyclosporine dependent
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