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Old Tue Oct 11, 2011, 12:49 PM
Birgitta-A Birgitta-A is offline
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Nplate or Promacta

Hi Kirby,
Very good that your HGB and platelets are OK ! Too bad with the blast cells.

Perhaps the low platelet count during the spring 2011 was due to Revlimid - that drug often decreases platelets. If you tried Promacta again instead of Nplate now when you take Thalidomide and Dacogen your platelets will eventually not be so low.

You know Nplate has actually increased blast cells in all studies in MDS patients long before the drug was approved for patients with Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura. I was surprised when they was allowed to continue studies in MDS patients with that drug.

Take care!
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
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