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What is Therapeutic Phlebotomy?
Therapeutic phlebotomy is drawing blood for the purpose of treating a disease, most often, for iron overload disease known clinically as hemochromatosis or for polycythemia.
Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness
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| Purpose | # of patients | # of patients with evaluations | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
| Hemochromatosis | 12 | 3 |
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| Polycythemia Vera | 2 | 1 |
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Reported Side Effects
Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Adherence
Taking treatment as prescribed
Adherence of Therapeutic Phlebotomy
Always |
4 | 100% |
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Usually |
0 | 0% |
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Sometimes |
0 | 0% |
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Never |
0 | 0% |
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Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of Therapeutic Phlebotomy
Very |
0 | 0% |
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Somewhat |
2 | 50% |
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A little |
2 | 50% |
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Not at all |
0 | 0% |
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Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of Therapeutic Phlebotomy
$200+ |
0 | 0% |
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$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
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$50-99 |
0 | 0% |
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$25-49 |
0 | 0% |
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< $25 |
1 | 100% |
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