Thalassemia Patients Ages 3 Years And Older Can Use Deferiprone To Remove Excess Iron From Their Bodies

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Deferiprone medication is used by people who have too much iron in their bodies due to repeated blood transfusions (such as thalassemia and sickle cell anaemia). Blood transfusions aid in the treatment of blood disorders, but they also introduce extra iron into the body. Deferiprone is critical to eliminate excess iron because high levels of iron can cause health problems (such as heart failure, liver disease, diabetes, delayed growth in children).

Deferiprone is used if you have difficulty taking other traditional iron-removal medications or if you still have high iron levels after taking other iron-removal medications. Deferiprone is an iron chelator. It works by attaching to iron which helps your body pass the extra iron out in the urine.

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