Not sure about treatments for ET

[Rammie18]

Interferon or hydroxycarbamide?

Hi I am new to this forum. I was diagnosed with ET in 2010 and have been on a daily dose of 75mg aspirin since then. My platelets at first were 542 and over the past 11 years have fluctuated but remained around mid 600s.( Once they were 699 ) My previous consultant said that I would not require further medication unless the platelet level rose to 1300. However I had a change of consultant in 2019 and he has been asking me to start on hydroxycarbamide but having read the side effects I have d…