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thyroid and wbc and platelets fallen down drastically

its been a month since my dad is on IMATINIB - 400mg.

his wbc count has come down to 2400 cells/cumm from 162571 and platelets count is 70000 cumm from 660000 after starting the tablets.

His RBC Count is 3.45 and his Haemoglobin has come down from 12.4 to 10.8.

And also THYROID results are quite high. He wasn't a thyroid patient before this.

His thyroid report shows this - TRI IODOTHYRONINE (T3) - 2.24 ng/ml

THYROXINE (T4) - 17.4

THYROID STIMULATING HARMONE(TSH)(ULTRA SENSITIVE) - 0.019

FREE T3 (FT3) - 6.53

FREE T4 (FT4)(ECLIA-ADVIA) - 2.66

Is thyroid common for CML Patients?

 

 

 

 

http://www.eje-online.org/content/171/3/R91.full.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3824811/

Yes, thyroid dysfunction is being observed in patients treated with TKIs.

 

The FT3 and FT4 are above range.  0.019 TSH is quite low, indicating hyperthyroidism.  

Doctor asked him to stop imatinib for 15 days after seeing his reports.

is that safe?