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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?
Help
Has anyone had problems with low platelet count with MS or medicines?
Help
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
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.
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.
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