Suggest Treatment For Raised Platelets Levels While Taking Stivarga

Posted on Thu, 13 Oct 2016

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Question : can platelets be raised from taking stivarga. is stivarga a last resort med.

Answered by Dr. Deepak Sundriyal (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Hello dear. Stivarga is not a platelet enhancer

Detailed Answer:
Hello dear. I have gone through the details.

Stivarga is a drug used as a last line of therapy in metastatic colorectal tumors. It is not used to increase platelets counts.

Please let me know if you've any further queries

Thanks and Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee