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What do patients take to treat ITP and its symptoms?

Commonly prescribed and frequently used treatments

Treatment name	Efficacy	Overall rating of side effects	# of Evaluations
Prednisone (Encorton, Deltasone, Pronizon)	0 (0%) experienced major efficacy 0 (0%) experienced moderate efficacy 1 (50%) experienced slight efficacy 1 (50%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	1 (50%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 1 (50%) experienced no side effects	2
Methylprednisolone (Urbason solubile, Methylprednisolon AL, Advantan, Medrol DosePak)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0
Intravenous Immuno Globulin IVIg (Gammagard, Pentaglobin, Sandoglobuline, Carimune)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0
Romiplostim (Nplate)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0

These charts show data from ITP patients' latest treatment evaluations

Who has ITP at PatientsLikeMe?

68 patients have this condition
3 New patients joined this month
22 say ITP is their primary condition

<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70+
Current Age
1 patients	11 patients	16 patients	12 patients	12 patients	2 patients	2 patients

Distribution of females vs. males
Gender
76%	Females
24%	Males

Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom	# of patients	Proportion
0-19 yrs	12	12
20-29 yrs	9	9
30-39 yrs	9	9
40-49 yrs	4	4
50-59 yrs	4	4
60-69 yrs	1	1
70+ yrs	0	0

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status	# of patients	Proportion
Diagnosed	49	49
Not Officially Diagnosed	4	4

These charts show data from ITP patients who have completed their condition history

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