Has anyone noticed a drop in their blood count when taking antibiotics? It seems to have happened to my husband a few times, but don't know if its a coincidence. This time its dropped after 4 days of antibiotics.
Hi MinnieMouse123, I have a diffrent type of blood cancer and had different treatments but have had my fair share of infections over the years including Pneumonia and Neutropenic Sepsis and yes, at times my blood counts were on the low side but as always these questions should go to his team so that you understand clearly what is going on.
Cotrimoxazole or Septrim can cause your blood counts to drop. It kept happening to mine at about six months after transplant so they changed me to a liquid antibiotic, sorry can’t remember the name of it.
mark
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