Doctors Underuse Effective Treatment For Sickle Cell Anemia

Uncertainties about proper use and possible long-term effects of hydroxyurea in the treatment of sickle cell anemia may be wrongly influencing doctors to avoid prescribing it to those in serious need, according to results of a literature review by specialists at Johns Hopkins.”We know that many people with sickle cell disease aren’t being offered this drug, which is the only one we have to treat this disease,” says Sophie Lanzkron, M.D.

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Filed under: Blood on June 19th, 2008