hello,,,,, my2D echocardiography report says ......AML thickning with 12mm MVP without mitral regurge, CAN U EXPLAIN THIS TO ME PLEASE?
I found this one look question and answer thing from a cancer patient to a doctor about neupogen causing low platelets. My doctor and others I have spoken to have said they never heard of this. Anyone have more info about it?
this is the only thing I can find that mentions neupogen and low platelets, perhaps neup just doesn't effect platelets.
thank you
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Hi, Neupogen acts as a granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor and is known to cause thrombocytopenia. Basically neupogen can enhance the phagocytic ('cell eating') activities of neutrophilic leukocytes (white blood cells), including activity directed at autologous platelets. Neupogen can stimulate white blood cells to the point that they can attack the platelets in the blood, causing the low platelet count.
frijole, thanks for the feedback. I've read various things and I have been getting hit with this and that thing lately. I can't afford to have it impact my work any more than it already is so I need to weight it all out.
Jim...possibly low because of the infection but it won't matter why they're low, just that they're low. However, if the levels go up as I shake off the infection, I'll hold off on the neupogen.
I have AML and am taking chemotherapy. However, as of the last 2 months, my white blood cell count escalates about 5 weeks after my chemo was last taken. I am developing lumps in my legs and arms which hurt, swells and turns red. They seem to go and come, but find this extraordinarily strange. I need to know if I should take chemo every 4 weeks instead of every 6 weeks as this would prevent my white blood count to escalate to these levels.
My blood test this week had a WBC rading of 84.4.
Next time I try treatment I'm going to suggest to my doctor to prescribe neupogen and procrit before I start to get the counts up. Mine have always dropped into the low range. I found especially the neupogen made me feel rough after I was already well into treatment and didn't do a whole lot. Why don't doctors prescribe it before treatment? Would there be a downside to that?
First degree relatives (such as sisters and brothers) of AML patients have a three-fold increased risk for developing the disease.
I am very sorry to hear your story, and can completely understand your concerns. If you want that girl badly enough, it is probably worth the risk. But of course you must think in terms of what is best for the whole family.
Good luck!
2 which is elevated. Serum Bilirubin is 1.2. In 2009 i was diagnose Blood cancer(AML) and in 2010 i got bone marrow transplant(BMT) for it, right now my report related to Serum Bilirubin is normal but from there till now my OT/PT never stable some time it comes with in range of 45 also. i'm non alcoholic, non smoker, kindly advice me what precaution in should i take to keep my OT/PT control either in diet or else any. waiting for ur reply. Thank you.
I got a call from my doctor 3 months into my hep c treatment that I had no white blood cells and had to get a shot of neupogen immediately! I was on neupogen for 7 months, and I had all kinds of side effects from it, especially on my left upper back and shoulder (it felt as if maggots were gnawing at my bones). I had pains everywhere which made me have panic attacks that I was having a stroke, not the case. Every time I showed up at the doctor telling him I was dying he said I was fine.
19 more days... of course give or take a few! Last pregnancy :) baby #4 and we haven't found out the sex!!
but she was always saying that she i s always tired and cant sleep at night.so we took another blood test to consult another doc and in that report under interpretation its written as acute leukimia myloma,renal failure and alcohol intoxification?what does that mean?does she have leukimia?will abnormality in blood test occur within 3 weeks as her previous results were normal?will alcohol intoxification occur for a non alcoholic person??pls help...doc appointment is after two days only....
ve had worsening symptoms with a gradual onset of weakness and fatigue in my arms, followed by muscle twitching in my right hand, some numness and tingling in hands, and cramping in the arms and right hand. I have also noticed my right forearm, wrist and thumb are now considerably smaller than my left (I am right handed), and it seems much weaker. Thank you in advance for reading.
31 treatment shots into it, I've taken 12 Neupogen shots off and on. Now we're trying 1 a week for the past 4 weeks. The outcome of this round will be found out Aug 09. I'm positive about cuz previous test shows it does what it's supposed to do. Finding that Goldilocks spot of shots needed for a relatively stable WBC count is the deal.
Physically, reaction has been zero to 2 or 3. Often it gives me a slight boost.
Hopefully your daughter will have a similar experience.
Ok so I've been on cephalaxin for 10 days, went off for 1 day, and now infection is back so skin doctor wants me to do another 10 days. Just got blood test results, neutophils are around 600, so doc doesn't want me to take shot until I have more blood work done. I am ten weeks into treatment, and I don't understand why neupogen isn't an option. I go for my twelve week test in two weeks and am already nervous about that.
5 and she probably did suggest Neupogen. Sounds to me like he needs both and pretty darn quickly. She seems to be of the opinion that a transfusion will be needed for the low hemoglobin. At 7.3 he must really be dragging. Mine has never gotten that low but a lot of folks are experiencing this on the triple.
So how is this going to work out? You said the GI is not going to reduce ribavirin doseage. I think the insurance company will get in the middle of this -- they sure did with me.
3 so I did the neupogen on Wednesday morning and did my interferon on Friday morning as usual. From what I can tell the neupogen works fast and then leaves my system just as fast.
I let the neupogen sit out for about 15 to 20 minutes and don’t shake it b/c it’s syrupy compared to the interferon and the bubbles that come from shaking won’t leave so you’ll have to throw away that vial.
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