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Anti-Anemic Drugs - 210619200800
Anti-Anemic Drugs - 210619200800
Objectives
Anemia:
Iron preparations
Vit B12
folic acid
Erythropoietin
Anemia
Anaemia is defined as a condition of having less than
the normal number of red blood cell or less than the
normal quantity of hemoglobin in the blood
Classification of Anemia
I. Etiologic Classification
2. Excessive destruction
3. Blood loss
1. Macrocytic anemia
Given after meals to avoid gastric irritation
iron sucrose
(SC) routes.
hyperparathyroidism.
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Starting doses of epoetin alfa are 80 to 120 units/kg per week for
SC
to three doses
target Hgb/Hct, the weekly SC dose should remain the same as the
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IV dose.
If they have achieved the target Hgb/Hct, a one-third reduction
in dose is appropriate.
Causes :