lunesta and itp

I once read about an early researcher who transfused himself with blood from a patient with ITP and he himself developed ITP. In ITP the body creates antibodies which consume the platelets shortly after they are made and the body is in constant overburdened platelet production. That is the immune type, which I have, anyway. The antibodies in the blood sample must have caused his body to produce these antibodies on it's own.

Kathy, Back in 2003 I was found to have low platelets and sent to a Hemotoligist who dianosed ITP. I had all kinds of test run(including bone marrow biopsy) He never tested me for Hep C even though low platelets is a symptom. Three years later my new primary care Dr. thought that my liver enzymes were a little high and sent off a hep c test and it was positive. My liver specialist thinks that I never had ITP (an autoimmune disease) I was misdianosed.

To determine the effect of HCV infection on the incidence rates of ITP and AIHA, researchers analyzed the inpatient and outpatient records as well as pharmacy data from HCV-infected (n = 120,691) and matched uninfected (n = 454,905) veterans. The diagnosis of ITP and AIHA was identified via hospitalization codes. Those with a prior diagnosis of lymphoproliferative disease, HIV, or cirrhosis were excluded from the analysis.

I dont know why it is making me nausea. My doc then perscribed lunesta 3mg. Has anyone tried lunesta and experienced better sleep with it? I am afraid of trying lunesta because i dont want to feel so nausea again. I didn't take any sleep med last night...didnt have a very good sleep but still i feel nausea. I need something to help me sleep without causing nausea and to help me sleep like a baby throughout the night pleaseee.

The good news is about 70 to 80% of patients with ITP respond to prednisone therapy and splenectomy (removal of the spleen).

i am 15 years old and i have chronic itp so it could be an unknown symptom from itp but i have had itp for almost 9 years now and this is the first time this has happened. i am guessing that the "boogers" are a mixture of puss and blood so it could also be a bladder infection or something. i have also felt the need to urinate more frequently but all in all i urinate the same amount of urine as before, only over more times. can anyone help me?

) So I went home and did some research, read about ITP and TTP, and thought maybe it was just due to being pregnant that they were low. No biggie for the time being, right? WRONG. All day yesterday, I had a pain under my arm, which I thought was my underwire from my bra cutting into my skin. Upon further investigation, I realized it's not from that, it is a swollen lymph node. I haven't had a swollen node under my arm since I was about 12 yrs old.

My four year old niece was in a car accident, after which she had a full blood count taken, and was then diagnosed with ITP; i'ts now six weeks later, and she has lost vision in one eye. The doctors are not yet sure what has caused this and if it wil be permanent. Prior to this loss of vision, her mother noticed that her eye became very red (her child would also rub the eye a lot), and a day later the redness in the eye went away, though the eye colour darkened considerably.

She did clear the virus and has had negative RNA since. In June, 2008 she developed ITP which is Immune Thormbocytopenia. It is an auto-immune disorder where her body is destroying its platelets. I know there can be a relationship between Hep C & ITP, but her doctor didn't think there would be a connection almost 9 years after treatment.

Eurona Earl Tilley February 26, 2009 — The incidence of 2 severe autoimmune cytopenias — immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP) and autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) — has been shown to be elevated among individuals infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Research published in the February 23 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine reveals that HCV-infected patients in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health system were at increased risk of developing ITP.

Hey all, so I got tired of not sleeping more than 4hrs a night after being off of Tramadol 42days and my Dr gave me Lunesta. I asked if it was addicting and he said yes but you won't buid up a tolerance to it... I would like to hear this though from someone that has taken this medication and has had to come off it... How hard was it? What where the wds like???ect.ect any info on this would be appreciated...Thank You. Jeffi.

I'm on Ambien every night, otherwise, I would only get 2 hours of sleep a night. The benefits outweigh the risks. My doctor said there is a chance of depending on it to put you to sleep, but when my newborn comes, I'll wean off of it from having to be up with him all night. I even took Ambien with my first son, and he was born picture perfect. Get some rest!

It's 3 weeks since I've been having a pretty serious depression, including anxiety & sleeplessness. I was put on a new antidepressant LexiPro (15 days now), xanax as needed, which I only need to "take the edge off" when Im shaky, and Lunesta to sleep. This is the 2nd time I've used Lunesta.

The highest available dose of Lunesta is 3mg. Recently, thought is that Lunesta, Ambien, and others in this class are very similar to benzodiazepine drugs. But I haven't read much about addiction or withdrawl from these meds. Seems like insomnia would be a given, but you could try melatonin or valerian root to combat that. Good luck either way.

Does anyone know if thats good i tried it once and really liked it it doesnt seem to be addicting

I have had ITP and it is in remission. I want to have the hair on my top lip removed by lazer. Will this present risk to my health and starting up the ITP again or the bleeding that goes along with ITP?

When I kept forgetting to take the second dose, he suggested the 30mg X-RAY And it seemed to work extremely well, I was not sleeping at all, had lots of stress and went through a number of different antidepressants, they all pretty much made feel hung over and generally like crap all day. He suggested Lunesta and it seemed to work enough to get atleast 6hrs of sleep and felt well rested the next day.

Hi my name is Heather I've had itp for 4 going on 5 years and yes it can before I knew I had itp my period almost killed me my pallets dropped down to 3 and I was bleeding out through my menstrual I ended going into the hospital just in time and having to receive blood and ivig because it was bad now that I'm aware that I have ITP there are precautions I take you can speak to your daughters doctor about birth control and as well as taking a medication called lysteda to control the bleedi

Could you tell me what keeps his platelets in such good shape? Does he take some effective drugs for ITP? Or ITP simply comes and goes, and he has normal platelets in between?

Now I am post TX and the insomnia has not yet left, so they prescribed Ambien and Lunesta for me (i grew allergic to something in the benedryl). They are all harmless to liver but the ambien & lunesta do cause dependence so I alternate them: Ambien for a couple nights, then lunesta (which does not work as well for me) for one night. The 'dependence' is not a big deal; just means you'll have a several very sleepless nights after you quit them.

Is ITP a complication of HCV or results by non responsive treatment with Interferon alpha 2b?

But now any natural medicine doctor who reads this can start testing and treating their patients with ITP for Helicobacter, and in many cases curing the problem without Prednisone. Rosacea is a chronic skin condition with a connection to Helicobacter. (H PYLORI ) Even “conservative” medical circles have started to acknowledge that there may be an association between Helicobacter eradication and improvement of rosacea.

its been 2 days on That dose, tday im gonna try not to take it. My Doc prescribed me some 350mg soma for the pain and lunesta for sleep. Im going to try taking soma if the pain becomes unbearable, any advice pls?

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