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Diagnosed with Polycythemia Vera in August. I was given Hdroxyurea

Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Sep 29 3:42pm | Replies (20)
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You’re not one to give you your blood freely, huh… I’m sure it’s frustrating for you and your phlebotomist!
Hopefully the HU will begin to reduce your red blood count. 2000mg is a hefty daily dosage. There are other medications on the market as well, so if this dosage isn’t successful in reducing blood numbers your doctor might consider one of the alternatives. How often do you have labs?

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katrink | @katrink | Sep 24 10:31am

I'm going in today, but I think it is for iron blood work. Not sure if they will do a cbc panel.
It has been every two weeks that they check that.

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