Phlebotomy

Induction therapy with twice-weekly rusfertide helped patients with polycythemia vera achieve target hematocrit below 45% without phlebotomy, according to a study presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Why is hemochromatosis so common? What is iron actually doing to the joint? Does phlebotomy help? What’s going on with iron and Popeye? These are the questions we tackle in the second episode of hemochromatosis: Iron and Bone!