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- Sep 28, 2022
Looking it up, high risk patients of PV are recommended the following:
Notice generic and brand names, I don't know anything about any of these but I doubt Boogie does either.
Medications to Reduce the Number of Blood Cells
High-risk PV patients may be prescribed cytoreductive drugs to reduce the number of blood cells. These drugs may include any or a combination of the drugs listed below
- Hydroxyurea (Hydrea®)
- Ruxolitinib (Jakafi®)
- Interferon alfa (Intron® A, BESREMi® [alfa-2b], and Roferon®-A [alfa-2a]), and sustained-release preparations of these called PEG-Intron® ([peginterferon alfa-2b] and Pegasys® [peginterferon alfa-2a])
- Busulfan (Myleran®)
Notice generic and brand names, I don't know anything about any of these but I doubt Boogie does either.