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Reduced dose

After taking sprycel from last 15 days with one day 50 mg and other day 100 mg. My count is hb 12.10 wbc 4500 and platelets 100000 and my doctor advise me to take now full dose 100mg each day. Any one experenced. B4 that my counts was very low.

I take Sprycel, and my counts a couple of years ago were very similar to your ones, thought your platelets were lower than mine.

But don't worry too much: WBC of 4.5 is within the normal range, if at the bottom end. I tend to stay around the same range actually. Platelets should be more than 150,000 so you are a little low there so be careful of bruising. Your hemoglobin is also a little low - but at 12 compared to the 14 (the base of normal range) it's not disastrously low.

When do you have your next appointment to keep an eye on the blood counts?

David.