These drugs can still be used safely and effectively. If one follows the thousands of cases where Procrit, Epogen and Aranesp have been used on Jehovah's Witnesses, you will find that there have been hardly any problems or side effects. The drug is designed to get the patient out of the "danger area" and not to bring the patient back to a normal Hg of 13 or 14. As usual there is an extreme reaction to a report of the misuse of this drug.
At a time when blood screening is a problem (just look at all the FDA recalls and fines given to the Red Cross) and there is an ongoing blood shortage, it seems to be a overreaction to a correctable problem.

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Jim Laws