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Old Thu Apr 3, 2014, 05:38 AM
Birgitta-A Birgitta-A is offline
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IP6 Inositol

Hi Caregiver,
IP6 is Inositol. The drug is supposed to be an iron chelater but can also chelate magnesium, cupper, zinc and other metals. As Marlene writes the balance between these metals is very important.
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Old Thu Apr 3, 2014, 11:12 AM
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From everything I've read on IP6, it's not going to be very effective when iron is very high. You would need to take very large doses and I'm just not a fan of that. All antioxidants have some level of chelation properties but they are not very efficient in extreme cases that occur with transfusions. I don't think you would see any movement in iron levels.
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Old Thu Apr 3, 2014, 12:28 PM
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Hi Birgitta-A,

Yes maybe some hidden infection leading to high ferritin. She also had unexpected lower than usual counts during this blood test, could this also be due to an infection?
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Old Thu Apr 3, 2014, 02:16 PM
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Infections and low counts

Hi Mseth,
Yes, infections can decrease all counts - that is why I always live like I have low WBC even when they really are OK. Three times the neutrophils have been so low that I got fever (38.5) and had to go to the hospital for antibiotic intravenously.
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