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@noberembt, has the dosage of Promacta been increased? Is it working for your husband? Will he have a splenectomy?

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His dosage was increased but, right before he got the news that his platelets had dropped, we also got news that my insurance wasn’t going to cover Promacta. The doc said he would take care of it, but it has been 2 weeks and he doesn’t have his increased dosage and there hasn’t been a claim or prescription out through so I’m assuming it been more of a headache/struggle than he thought. He has not had a splenectomy yet as we do not feel that will solve the issue since his spleen is not enlarged at all to be harboring his platelets. They agreed that it was just the normal next step after Rutixmab and Rutixmab landed him in the hospital with a very rare side effect.