Safety and efficacy of azacitidine in the treatment of elderly patients with myelodysplastic syndrome

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Table 1 Symptomatic management of patients treated on azacitidine

Symptom	Management
Injection site reaction	Warm compression, antihistamines, steroids, topical steroids
Constipation	Laxatives
Nausea	Antiemetics
Anemia	Transfusion to relieve symptoms, erythropoiesis-stimulating agents on clinical trial
Thrombocytopenia	Transfusion or romiplostim on clinical trial
Neutropenia	Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor short course, prophylactic antibiotics, and antifungals
Febrile neutropenia	Intravenous antibiotics to cover broad spectrum