How to treat the anaemia?
Patient: is mazetol and tegretol same for a boy of 11yrs and taking medicine for 8 yrs.earlier it was 200 mg twice daily and now tegretol 200mg morning and 300 mg in the evening.He is anemic now and affecting his studies.Whom should we show and what should we do?Please help. Doctor: Hi,Thanks for asking.Based on your clinical history and query, my opinion is as follows:1. Due to his growth, the dosage is increased in evening. However, both are same drugs.2. Anemia is important and needs to be treated. Meet a pediatrician and get a complete hemogram done to identify morphological type of anemia and treatment can be started based on it. Specific tests may be necessary, if reticulocyte count does not increase after 15 days of treatment.3. Diet can also be improved with eggs, fish, green leafy vegetables, red meat etc. It will help in improving anemia.Hope it helps.Any further queries, happy to help again.