Posted by JANNBEAU on January 11, 2002, at 18:00:07
In reply to Re: What to do? }} Sid, posted by sweet_slider on January 11, 2002, at 13:33:32
OK, At this point, I cannot resist putting my two cents in here.
There are many types of anemias. Iron deficiency anemia is a SIGN of an illness, not the illness itself. Although there may be many reasons for the finding, a very important cause for IDA is BLOOD LOSS. In the absence of conclusive evidence to the contrary, all IDA must be considered the result of blood loss until proved otherwise. In addition to acute blood loss, slow, insidious loss of blood over a long period of time (sometimes years; and including menstrual loss) will result in the so-called "iron deficiency" anemias.
If you have a diagnosis, then disregard this message. Otherwise, I suggest that you request an appointment with a competent internist for a work-up.
Also, many of the reported "side effects" of any drug are the result of post-marketing voluntary reporting of observations of individual patients in which the drug may not be the causal agent. Only well-designed double-blind clinical trials of sufficient size to detect rare occurrances of side effects can separate out these effects. On the other hand, such studies are difficult to do and, often, the more rare side effects of a drug can't be distinguished in the types of premarketing investigations mandated by the FDA.
Cheers,
JANNBEAU>That could also be very true but in my case it was my first time donating blood and also it has come up on independent blood tests that my iron was low, I was having surgery and they had to give me extra IV's of something to make sure I had enough for surgery. I don't know much about blood and iron counts so I can't begin to speculate why it was low but I think it may have to do with one of the medications I am on, perhaps not the Effexor XR.
> Cheers!
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