Hydroxyurea is one of the earliest drugs that showed promise in the management of haemoglobinopathies that include β-thalassaemia and sickle cell
Hydroxyurea is a well-tolerated medication with very few short- or long-term toxicities
Hydroxyurea (HU) is a drug frequently used in the treatment of chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms
1 Its toxicity profile is
Hydroxyurea inhibits DNA replication (through inhibition of ribonucleotide reductase) on the S phase of the cell cycle by a mechanism not completely cleared
What is Hydroxyurea?
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Hydroxyurea Hydroxyurea was approved by the FDA in 1998 for the treatment of clinically severe SCA in adults
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This is most often associated with a somatic mutation in the JAK2, CALR, or MPL genes
It is in the above circumstances that we have found hydroxyurea to be an effective drug in CGL therapy
Hydroxyurea, which has long been used to treat myeloproliferative diseases, reduces the rates of vaso-occlusive crisis, acute chest syndrome, and transfusion requirement in patients with sickle-cell disease (1, 2)
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1 It generally is well tolerated with a side effect profile including bone marrow suppression, gastrointestinal, cutaneous manifestations, and fever
Patient B developed a cerebral hemorrhage on hydroxyurea; he died shortly thereafter
, Siklos): Initial dose: 20 mg/kg orally once a day
You may experience symptoms associated with low levels of each type, including anemia (low red blood cells), increased risk of infection (low white blood cells) and excessive bruising or bleeding (low platelets)
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Its anti-tumor abilities were reported for the first time as early as the 1960s [2,3]
The specific symptoms of each type of myeloproliferative disorder are: Polycythemia vera : This may cause dizziness, itchiness, enlarged spleen (which appears as a swollen abdomen), bleeding and bruising, blood clots, bone pain, or shortness of breath
may cause pancytopenia and take 2–3 weeks until recovery
The evaluation of a patient with pancytopenia requires a comprehensive approach and identifying the underlying cause can be challenging given the wide range of etiologies including drugs, autoimmune conditions, malignancies, infections, hemophagocytosis