Stopping anaemia drug may be wiser than reducing dose to normalise haemoglobin levels
Friday, July 23, 2010 - 07:21
in Health & Medicine
Discontinuing the anaemia drug epoetin may be more effective than reducing the dose for normalising potentially dangerous high haemoglobin levels in haemodialysis patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The results provide useful information about the balance required between administering epoetin and achieving target haemoglobin levels...