Guest guest Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 Hi , I had to stop the arava....but the main reason was that I was losing my hair...it was thinning so badly. the platelets went all the way down to 110 and my rheumy said he wouldn't be concerned till it hit 100. It hovered about 112- 114. It didn't take long for the platelets to rise. I think my next bloodtest, they were at 120...3 months later maybe. I also take enbrel. Hope this helps..paula ************** S T R E T C H your technology dollars with great laptop deals from Dell! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1223081712x1201714210/aol?redir=http:%2\ F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2 F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2D5) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 , Methotrexate had already caused a decrease in my white blood cell count. My rheumy added Arava, but the decline just continued. It finally got to 2.2, with the reference range 4.0-10.5 It took a year and a half for mine to get back into the low normal range. It still stays low normal, in the 4's and occasionally the 5's. Hope this helps. Sue On Jul 16, 2009, at 5:44 PM, ktandtm wrote: > Ok it looks like I may have to stop the Arava because my white blood > cells are too low now. We lowered the dosage a couple of months ago > because it was dropping but now it has went even lower. This is > listed as a possible side effect. > > So my question is, has anyone else had to stop the Arava because of > low white cell counts? If so, how long did it take for your numbers > to come back up? Just curious. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Thanks a, I stopped the med and will probably have to get on something else. Just didn't know how long it takes to increase. Does the Enbrel make your counts low at all? > > Hi , I had to stop the arava....but the main reason was that I was > losing my hair...it was thinning so badly. the platelets went all the way down > to 110 and my rheumy said he wouldn't be concerned till it hit 100. It > hovered about 112- 114. It didn't take long for the platelets to rise. I > think my next bloodtest, they were at 120...3 months later maybe. I also take > enbrel. > > Hope this helps..paula > > > ************** > S T R E T C H your technology dollars > with great laptop deals from Dell! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1223081712x1201714210/aol?redir=http:%2\ F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2 > F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2D5) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Thanks Sue, I hope it doesn't take that long for mine to come up. Mine is 2.1 right now. I have too many kids to risk getting me sick. Just wondering what we will do next. > > > Ok it looks like I may have to stop the Arava because my white blood > > cells are too low now. We lowered the dosage a couple of months ago > > because it was dropping but now it has went even lower. This is > > listed as a possible side effect. > > > > So my question is, has anyone else had to stop the Arava because of > > low white cell counts? If so, how long did it take for your numbers > > to come back up? Just curious. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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