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DiscussionWhat treatments are available for aplastic anemia?
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I just found this group so my comment is late. My 82 year-old wife has had severe aplastic anemia for a year. She was treated with ATGAM, Promacta, cyclosporine, at MDAnderson in Houston. She is not eligible for stemcell transplant. She slowly improved then declined and doctors said the treatment has failed. She goes in 3 days a week for bloodwork and gets platelets and blood once or twice a week. We are looking at a different followup treatment using campath which requires ten days of infusion in hospital and will leave her very weak. It has around 30% success rate. This has been a very difficult experience.