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Old Sat Aug 29, 2009, 01:17 AM
Jen B Jen B is offline
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Hey Steven,
My son had some sever reactions to Exjade.
We are just recently out of the hospital. I started him on Exjade again (first time in April) and that evening he had 102 fever. In the hospital his whole body got swollen, red and rashy. They are attributing this to a possible Exjade allergy. Not doing that again. His kidney functions jumped considerably too - enough to warrant a nuclear test while we were in the hospital.

He is on Cyclosporine too and the doctors monitor his levels weekly as well as his Creatinine and BUN levels.

As for your first post about the swollen gums, the doctors have my son on Clorohexadine, a medicated mouthwash that he uses 2x daily and it seems to help.
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