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Old Sat Aug 14, 2010, 01:44 PM
JimK JimK is offline
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EPO

Hi Ellie,

Since your dad is having kidney failure his kidneys are not producing enough Erythropoietin (EPO) and this is what tells the bone marrow to produce red blood cells. Sometimes this does not work but the only thing to do is to try it. The best drug for this is Arenesp made by Amgen. Amgen also make Procrit but it requires more frequent injections. My 92 yr old father-in-law has been getting procrit injections for several years and it does help him.

I tried Aranesp for several months with little positive results but my kidneys are OK and I am getting good results from Revlimid. I think having your dad try Aranesp would be a great idea.

Best of luck for you and your dad.
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