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Essential thrombocythemia (ET): When to start hydroxyurea (HU)?

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Thank you so much for your input. Someone else here said not to touch the pill because it is highly toxic, that’s a bit scary. It’s a bit strange my pharmacist didn’t even mention that to me. I am a bit scared to take it, but it seems that is the only treatment for it with my age , 61 . Thanks again any input is much appreciated! Ana

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debhammel | @debhammel | Apr 11 8:43am

If the pill was dangerous to touch, there would be directions given on how to handle it or it wouldn’t be in pill form. This is just nonsense.

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gmacookie | @gmacookie | Aug 20 1:08pm

Hi Ana,
I have never had any issues touching the capsules and I've been taking it over 20 years. I guess you could be more sensitive to it. The instructions , when you look it up online do say not to touch it... I take it once a day and two on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

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