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In a patient with sickle cell disease on hydroxyurea who is planning to have a family, for how long should they be off the drug before trying to conceive?

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Hematology · Boston University School of Medicine

There is some consensus that pregnant women should not take hydroxyurea and should stop taking this when found to be pregnant. (Smith-Whitley, PMID 25472967) As far as I know, there is no data on how long hydroxyurea should be discontinued in either men or women before attempting pregnancy. In fact,...

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