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Erythropoietin(6000u) Injection

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msarika:
Dear all,

Does anybody knows any information about Erythropoietin(6000u) Injection

My daughter is offtransfusion since last 1.5 yrs and maintaining her Hb around 8 to 8.5, she is under the treatment of Dr Ramanan and has currently taking Hydrea, Thallide and Wheat grass tablets. But her last Hb (1st June) is 6.9 so Dr advised to do course of 4 above mentioned injections,


I request u all if anybody has any information, please share

Warm Regards

SARIKA M, Pune

sofear:
Is your daughter a Thal Major? Thal Majors either can't create the beta or alpha globin chains necessary for building regular red blood cells. Erythropoietin is a hormone that tells the body to produce those, but it doesn't help to increase the production if the produced red blood cells aren't functional/stable anyways.

Andy Battaglia:
The fact that her Hb is above 8 without transfusion does show she produces a fair amount of good red blood cells. EPO does help in some cases, but trying it is the only way to know if it will work.

sofear:

--- Quote from: Andy on June 04, 2016, 04:05:30 PM ---she produces a fair amount of good red blood cells.
--- End quote ---

So this is possible with Thal Major? Does that mean there are Majors who are not tranfusion-dependent?  ???

msarika:
Thanks Andy,

1st dose is given on Saturday, Let's hope for the best..

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