Q: 34 year old JW (Jehovah's Witnesses) patient is anemic post operatively. Surgeon wants to start erythropoetin or equivalent but patient refuse to have any albumin?


Answer:

You may start Aranesp(darbepoetin alfa)'s formulation without albumin. As of January 2007, the albumin-free version of Aranesp (R) is available in the United States. This is Polysorbate80 based version.