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Has anyone experienced a sudden fall in white blood cells and neutrophils with ET when on hydroxyurea?

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Yes, along with my platelets my other counts dropped dramatically. I stopped the hydrea altogether. My counts slowly normaliized and are still in the normal range. This was back in March after only being on hydrena month. I was taking 2000mg/day at first, then 1500/mg.

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