Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Immune hemolytic anemia secondary to drugs; Anemia - immune hemolytic - secondary to drugs
Treatment
Stopping the drug that is causing the problem may relieve or control the symptoms.
Some persons may be given a medicine called prednisone to reduce the immune response against the red blood cells. Special blood transfusions may be needed to treat severe symptoms.
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Expectations (prognosis)
Most patients have a good outcome if they stop taking the drug that is causing the problem.
Complications
Death caused by severe anemia is rare.
Calling your health care provider
See your health care provider if you have symptoms of this condition.
Images
Review Date: 03/02/2009
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow
Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed
by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
