Experiences on 6MP or N-Plate

Hi Everyone: Aaron is 17 but I think close enough to adulthood to get advice from the grownups. He was dx at age 5 and went into remission at age 12. Started dropping January 2012 and spent the summer 7-9,000 and we treated and now he lives at 0-1000 for the most part with jumps to 4-5000 (no difference really). 2 doses of IVIG with one week good response but 3 days of headaches, 3rd dose we didn't get a bump, absolutely no response to prednisone or WinRho or Rituxan. After Rituxan, Aaron got severe stomach problems which we found he had gastritis. Question for me is why? I believe he is possibly has hy.plori. First gastro was a big A.. and 2nd one was great but with these counts he cannot do the tests he wants endoscopy and/or colonscopy. His blood test was negative, trying another stool test. If it comes out negative, we really need to do the tests. The Nexium is keeping the symptoms in control, but once a week or so it lets us know that he aint fixed and it is still there (whatever it is). He does well, no real bleeding so his body has handling it well. He has had a rough year with school being 11th grade but we are trugging along.

I am thinking that we need to find something that can get his platelets up and stay up for a few months so we can do these tests. I remember 6MP from way back when but I need to hear some experiences. I guess N-Plate is also an option, would like to hear about that, too.

Thank you for your time.

I am currently on Nplate weekly. I have had pretty much most of the treatments available and Nplate is the only thing both pre and post splenectomy that has worked and is currently working. I had 2 failed splenectomies.