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Does Terbinafine Cause High White Blood Cell Count?

Posted on Tue, 7 Oct 2014

Question: can the drug terbiafine 250mg cause a white blood cell count to be high?

Answered by Dr. Hardik Sanghvi (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
No terbinafine does not cause high wbc count.

Detailed Answer:
Hi, dear
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. Generally terbinafine doesn't causes rise in wbc count. It may produce nauses, fullness in stomach, loss of apetite etc. Rarely it cause liver dysfunction but it doesn't leads to high wbc count.
Hope I have answered your question, if you have doubt then I will be happy to answer.
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Wish you a very good health.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju

Follow up: Dr. Hardik Sanghvi (16 minutes later)

2 weeks ago when I was at the docs office he said my white bloodcell count was up from 10,ooo to 12,000 is this anything to worry about. I will see him again in about a week thanks

Answered by Dr. Hardik Sanghvi (9 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
No need to worry.

Detailed Answer:
Hi, dear

I can understand your concern. Your WBC count is slightly high; upto 11000 count is consider as normal. So 12000 count is not very high. Even mild subclinical infection can leads to this. So if you don't have any symptoms like fever then no need to worry.

Hope I have answered your question, if you have doubt then feel free to ask me. I will be happy to answer.

Wish you a very good health.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad