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Is There Any Vitamins Or Supplements That Will Help The Low Blood Platelets ?
My blood platelets are 5,000. I already had 2 treatments of IVIG gammagobulin, and on 60 mg of prednisone for a month, and even tried 80 mg for a week. I am scheduled for 2 more treatments of gammagobulin on Thurs & Fri this week. Is there any vitamins or supplements that will help the low blood platelets? Barbara
Fri, 21 Feb 2014
Hi there, I can conclude that you are being treated for ITP in this ones platelets decreases because of autoimmunity I could understand your concern as you might be getting these episodes of low platelets repeatedly and IVIG is very costly. I am sorry but vitamins are really not helpful to increase platelet count in ITP.
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