Solumedrol for itp
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A Cox proportional hazards regression model revealed that the hazard ratios (HRs) for ITP and AIHA were 1.8 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.4 – 2.3) and 2.8 (95% CI, 1.8 – 4.2), respectively.
"Because both ITP and AIHA have been previously associated with interferon alfa use, we were also interested in assessing pharmacy data to account for the effects of HCV treatment," write Dr. Chiao and colleagues.
there are many newer drugs on the market now. i have had itp for 3 1/2 years now, nplate is a new drug that has helped many it did not help me but it would be worth a try, promacta is also another new one that i tried but it did not help me either but it is worth a try because it may work for your daughter. there is also some chemo's that may help her rituxin is one of them they are not supposed to be harsh ones but everybody responds different to medicines.
It's FDA approved for use in patients who have ITP (IdiophaticTrombocytopenia Purpura) only. The doctors who prescribe it have to register the patient in a program called "Promacta Cares" so that the FDA can keep track of the patients.
There is a recent study that showed that many Hep C patient have ITP. Perhaps you can use it to get your doctor to prescribe it for you.
First off ITP in children is usually an acute situation followed by a virus. This ITP is cureable. Now chronic ITP happens to adults. It is for sure an autoimmune disorder which I am sure you know that the platelets are killed off before maturing thus leading to severe bleeding problems if the platelets are too low. I myslef have it and have very very heavy periods and very painful ones at that. I bruise easily and when I take NSAID like Advil I bruise even easier and platelets drop.
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?
Hoping that your husband is seeing a hepatologist so that he can be given the best advice possible on how to move forward given the fact he has cirrhosis and low platelets.
My daughter was treated with interferon and ribavirin in 1999 for 48 weeks for Hepatitis C.
She is now having problems with ITP and low platelets. She just had blood work and her
ALT is 418 and her AST is 144. Could there be any relationship to the current ITP problem and
either Hepatitis C (which she has shown no RNA since 1999) or the interferon treatment?
Since 6/8 her platelets have only been normal once and range from a low of 9,000 to a high of
159,000. She currently is 41,000.
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?
Searching, I found you and am excited that there is a group that may actually be able to answer some of my questions. The first thing he wants to do is put me on solumedrol for 5 days, I am not currently in a flair. Any reason I should put myself through that if I am not currently having symptoms?
I know steroids can make you susceptible to infections, but has anyone developed a UTI on solumedrol? I had the unmistakable first inklings of one a bit ago. I rushed out for cranberry juice and a blueberry smoothie (blueberries are supposed to have the same effect as cranberries, and it's a good excuse for a fruit smoothie!!) and I'm hoping I can keep it at bay this way, but I guess I'll know in a few hours. These things tend to come on fast for me.
Is ITP a complication of HCV or results by non responsive treatment with Interferon alpha 2b?
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