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How To Make Blood Platelet Count Normal?
After taking a cholesterol lowering (unneeded) medication for 10 years, my white blood platelet count has taken a sudden plunge to 70. It was gradually falling prior to that. I never had high cholesterol but am diabetic, so it was prescribed as a preventative measure. How do I get the count to go up to an acceptable count? I do not have cancer (leukemia).
Mon, 3 Feb 2014
Hi
Thanks for your query.
If there are no obvious causes of falling platelets, then you may stop that drug fro few weeks and see what is the response in platelet counts. if it increases, then the drug is the offender, otherwise you need to have further workup done.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Thanks for your query.
If there are no obvious causes of falling platelets, then you may stop that drug fro few weeks and see what is the response in platelet counts. if it increases, then the drug is the offender, otherwise you need to have further workup done.
Hope this helps.
Regards
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