High dose of Fumaderm

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Thanks everyone. Not really sure what is causing the anaemia Bill. But the haemoglobin should be 135 and his is 97 and has been for a couple of months. He is now on high iron pills but had to come off those before the colon scan on Monday. I think when we see the Dermo I will ask if we can start to reduce the dose of Fumaderm. In fairness, it is hard to get him to take the 6 tablets a day so often he only takes 4 and I find the other 2 in the pill organizer. I do agree that for most Fumaderm would appear to be safe for long term use, but with Eric and his co -morbidities, I am not convinced! But psoriasis is pretty horrible too so I guess all we can do is try to work out the lowest dose possible to control it and go with that! Hopefully we will get an appointment with the dermo in December. He has recently got a Geriatric Consultant who appears to be very good and is trying to get the Dermo, GP and consultant who did the endoscopy to work out a plan together - basically to make sure that nothing is being prescribed that could potentially interact dangerously with what else he is taking. but it feels like one step forward and 2 back and today he is just over 7st 8 - he used to be 10st 10 in early Summer so that is a very dramatic weight loss. The acid reflux pills can cause internal bleeding too....GP very good thankfully but I get feeling he too feels a little out of his depth at times. Thanks for reading - at least I feel reassured re Fumaderm.