MS and LOW PLATELET COUNTS....ANYONE?

recently had surgery for my gallbladder and found out I have very low platelet counts (40).  They gave me platelets to be able to have surgery(150 count @ time of surgery).  1 month later my platelet count is back down to 79.  I was diagnosed with MS about 5 years ago and have been on copaxone for almost all that time. Could the Copaxone be causing my platelets to drop?  I went off the copaxone when I went into the hospital and have been off of it for almost 2 months now.  How long does the copaxone stay in your system after you stop taking it?
Has anyone had problems with low platelet count with MS or medicines?

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[PlateletGal]

What has your physician told you ? A platelet count of 40 is VERY low. Has your PCP ran other tests ?

As far as the Copaxone, I would check with your pharmacist.

[squeezybear]

They want to do a bone marrow test wednesday to see if anything else is wrong but dropped as soon as i started taking the copaxone and this will confirm that it is the medicine.

[sam122486]

hey there how r u...i am sam and im 23 yrs old and found out i have ms since december 2003,, it was hard for me cuz at that time i was turning 17 years and i was so young and confused y i have ms when no one in the family has it...the doctors diagnosed me with copaxone too but when i took it i was unable to walk so i just quit takin it cuz it was affecting me...in february of 2008 i found out i had low platelets and when i went to my neurologist he said he wasnt surprised i had low platelets cuz u can have an immune disease if u have ms...i had 3000 platelets and had bruises all over my body but now i am better and thank god 4 that...now in 2010 i dont take anything cuz i think im too young to have ms so i just pray to god that god helps me cuz i dont want to suffer throughout my life with injections its been since 2007 since i took any kind of medications and thank god im doing well the only symptoms i have is muscle spasms but hopefully god will help all of us through this and hopefully u get well soon