Low white blood cell count

Hello,  I've been taking Naraparib for two months and ahead of my next prescription I had a blood test which has shown my white cell count has dropped so I've been told to stop the medication and have another blood test in a week.  Needless to say I'm a bit concerned about not taking the tablets.  Will it have an effect on controlling the cancer?

Thank you,

Elphelia 

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  • Hi Elphelia

    I’m taking Palbociclib and twice now been told to stop treatment in the last year due to low white blood count. It’s a pain but doesn’t cause too many issues in your treatment plan.  There are somethings you can do to help with this in future though. I change my diet eating more omega three fatty fish and green leafy vegetables and this does help as does eating dark chocolate.

    Hope the treatment is helping

    best wishes

  • Thank you for that Bassy.  I do already eat plenty of fish, vegetables and fruit so hopefully my next blood test will show that my white cell count has risen again.  I’m not keen on dark chocolate but I will get some.  Thanks again,

    elphelia

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