The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1384
February 20, 2012
Deferiprone (Ferriprox) for Iron Overload
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Deferiprone (Ferriprox) for Iron Overload
February 20, 2012 (Issue: 1384)
The FDA has approved deferiprone (de fer’ i prone;
Ferriprox – ApoPharma), an oral chelating agent
available in Europe since 1999, for use as a second-line
treatment of iron overload due to blood transfusions
(transfusional hemosiderosis) in...more
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