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9 years 5 months ago #54150 by alisonp
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Dougie's count a fortnight ago was an amazing 85! Even he said he couldn't quite believe it :laugh:
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9 years 5 months ago #54153 by Sandi
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Alison - that's great! Is he still taking the acne med?
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9 years 5 months ago #54159 by alisonp
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Yes, we were joking that it should be tested as a new ITP cure - Dougie hasn't had counts anything like that for years ;)
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9 years 5 months ago #54160 by Sandi
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Is it an antibiotic? Sometimes counts do go up with antibiotics.
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9 years 5 months ago - 9 years 5 months ago #54167 by alisonp
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Its active ingredient is isotretinoin (sp?) which is a vitamin A derivative
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9 years 5 months ago #54171 by Rob16
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Accutane (isotretinoin) is known to cause thrombocytopenia, reversibly, by suppressing bone marrow production. However, cases of thrombocytosis (the opposite of thrombocytopenia) have also been reported.

FactMed.com lists the likelihood of thrombocytopenia with Accutane at 1.087%, and thrombocytosis at .047%.

You might want to let Dougie pick some lottery numbers for you!
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9 years 5 months ago #54177 by alisonp
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Ha! Yes I should do! :P
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9 years 2 months ago #55052 by alisonp
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Just thought I would update. Dougie hasn't had another test recently but he's still looking good so we are assuming adequate platelets. Today he ran his first ever half marathon - came in just under two hours. ITP does not necessarily have to change your dreams :-)
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9 years 2 months ago #55054 by Sandi
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That's great, Alison! Congrats to Doug! :laugh:
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