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Old Wed Oct 4, 2006, 06:51 PM
mo_shane mo_shane is offline
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hi bob,

i don't think i can add much more to what others have said here. my son had a BMT and was initially on 100mg twice daily, but by the time he was discharged, they had reduced it to just 50mg x2 daily. 14 months post BMT, they decided to taper it and reduced it to 25mg x daily. the minute they reduced his dose, he fell ill with flu and had to be re-admitted as he wasn't coping with it at all. then his counts took a nosedive - just as lisa mentioned. his neutrophils being the worst at 0.2. the doc increased his dose back to normal for one month, then started to taper again at a much slower pace, reducing it by just 10mg each month. that seemed to work fine. he's been off it now since march this year and is doing great

i should add, he was only 11 at the time and weighing 30kgs (66lbs) - hence the much lower doses than adults.

lisa - good to see you here

gina xxx
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