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Reviewer: Nielsen, 65-74 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I have ITP and my platelet count was below 10 before My doctor recommended the generic Eltrombopag from BonHoa Pharmacy(you can search on Google) to me cause my family can not afford the brand one. I have now been taking 25mg daily for 3 months and my platelet count is in the 70 to 90 range. I have no side affects, my doctor expects me to be on the generic Eltrombopag long term. God bless me
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Reviewer: nrcoach, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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With my 3rd relapse in Oct 2012 all treatments that worked in the past failed. Platelet count could not rise above 10,000. I was placed on 50mg daily of Promacta and immediately my platelet count rose to 97000. The second week it went to 145,000 and 232,000 the third week. Dosage was dropped to 25mg daily. Since then counts were 157,000 and 170,000. My dissatisfaction comes from slight headache
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Reviewer: suprin, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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was prescribed Promacta along with Rituxin - ended up in ER with blood clot in the liver. Although no conclusive evidence clot was caused by either promacta or rituxin I feel one or both of these played a significant part in development of clot (and permanent damage to kidney). Patients should be closely monitored by hematologist and all side effects looked into immediately!
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Reviewer: bj, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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Platelts went from 20000 to 156000 in 15 months
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Reviewer: 35-44 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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If it weren't for Promacta, I don't know what I would do. It's been my 'silver bullet' against chronic ITP. I highly recommend trying it if nothing else is working for you...of course, you should consult with your hematologist and be aware of all side effects before doing so. I have had no side effects thus far, and it's been since April 2009. (8/18/2011)
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