cardiactec Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 has anyone tried epogen? my cardiologist sent me an email and mentioned this med to me and said he is very curious if it would help me..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Hi,I am using it and it helps me. It took me 3 years to find a doc willing to prescribe it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJVDK Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 I use it, I get , shot weekly, and is is helping slowly. I been getting the injections since April. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briarrose Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 I use Epogen and IV Iron, I'm much better than what I was.There have been a few previous posts about this subject, might want to search it as there were some good comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunfish Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 like briarrose said, you may want to do a search; you may have more luck searching "procrit" as it's the same thing & i think that's how it's been referred to more often in discussions.i was on procrit from february of this year until two weeks ago when we decided to discontinue it (my docs & myself) as it wasn't helping me at all. it was making my numbers look better (i.e. my blood tests) but my health/functioning hasn't improved at all since i've been getting the shots; in fact i've gone in the opposite direction, though not b/c of the procrit. it's possible that i'd be in a worse place without the shots so we're keeping that in mind and will re-start them if needed.we also tried iron infusions (due to results of my blood work) but couldn't continue as i had a horrible reaction (went into hemolysis, aka my blood cells started splitting apart) that put me in the hospital.MANY have found a lot of relief/improvement with epogen/procrit though so if your docs are supportive of it i'd vote for giving it a try.i never had any problems with the shots other than localized soreness...not something i really consider a problem. i started at 10,000units weekly & had been on 30,000 weekly since april.hope this helps, melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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