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Hydroxyurea for Sickle Cell Disease
Why It Is Used
Hydroxyurea is used to reduce complications of sickle cell disease in people who have a history of severe symptoms, including:
- Frequent Reference painful events (at least three in a year).
- A history of recurrent Reference acute chest syndrome.
- Severe Reference anemia Opens New Window.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: October 1, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Reference Martin Steinberg, MD - Hematology |
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