Posted by Nadezda on October 27, 2008, at 18:32:06
In reply to Low white blood cell counts due to meds?, posted by lucie lu on October 27, 2008, at 11:06:39
I had a serious problem with leukocytopenia (low white blood cell count) when on parnate. I don't know what other drugs can cause it, but it is something that can be caused by various meds. Mine was low enough that it could have caused a quite severe reaction if I had some real injury. It seemed to have worsened over time, so I would definitely keep track of it, if I were you.
It may not be anything; or it may not be related to psych meds, since they aren't the only ones that cause it.
In my case I had to stop the parnate immediately, but I had reached an extremely low level, and I"m not sure what my pdoc would have done earlier. My white blood cell counts went back to normal within a couple of weeks after stopping the parnate, so it was a convincing demonstration of the connection.
How low are yours?
Nadezda
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