Medicines
- Dexamethasone Generic available Blood disorders (some anemias, low platelets)
- Cortef hydrocortisone · Generic available Blood disorders (such as low platelets or anemia)
- Folic acid Generic available Anemia from low folic acid (megaloblastic anemia); Anemia from poor diet, pregnancy or childhood
- Revlimid lenalidomide · Generic available Anemia in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) with 5q deletion
- Promacta eltrombopag olamine · Generic available Severe aplastic anemia
- Solu-Medrol methylprednisolone · Generic available Some blood disorders (anemias, low platelets)
- Solu-Cortef hydrocortisone · Generic available Some blood disorders (anemias, low platelets)
- Venofer iron sucrose · Generic available Iron-deficiency anemia in chronic kidney disease
- Nascobal cyanocobalamin · Generic available Pernicious anemia, after B12 shots
- Auryxia ferric citrate · Generic available Iron-deficiency anemia in kidney disease, not on dialysis
- Celestone Soluspan betamethasone · Generic available Certain blood disorders (such as hemolytic anemia)
- Droxia hydroxyurea · No generic yet Sickle cell anemia (fewer pain crises and transfusions)
- Injectafer ferric carboxymaltose · Generic available Iron-deficiency anemia
- Accrufer ferric maltol · No generic yet Low iron (iron deficiency)
- Alvaiz eltrombopag · No generic yet Severe aplastic anemia
- Aqvesme mitapivat · No generic yet Anemia in alpha- or beta-thalassemia
- Aranesp darbepoetin alfa · No generic yet Anemia from chronic kidney disease; Anemia from chemotherapy
- Enjaymo sutimlimab-jome · No generic yet Red blood cell breakdown in cold agglutinin disease
- Epogen epoetin alfa · No generic yet Anemia from chronic kidney disease; Anemia from chemotherapy; Anemia from zidovudine in people with HIV; Reducing the need for blood transfusions in some surgeries
- Imaavy nipocalimab-aahu · No generic yet Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (wAIHA)
- Jesduvroq daprodustat · No generic yet Anemia from chronic kidney disease, on dialysis
- Monoferric ferric derisomaltose · No generic yet Iron-deficiency anemia when iron pills don't work or can't be taken; Iron-deficiency anemia in kidney disease, not on dialysis
- Ojjaara momelotinib · No generic yet Myelofibrosis (bone marrow scarring) with anemia
- Omisirge omidubicel-onlv · No generic yet Severe aplastic anemia (bone marrow failure)
- Procrit erythropoietin · No generic yet Anemia from chronic kidney disease; Anemia from chemotherapy; Anemia from the HIV medicine zidovudine; Fewer blood transfusions during surgery
- Pyrukynd mitapivat · No generic yet Hemolytic anemia from pyruvate kinase deficiency
- Quiofic folic acid · Generic available Anemia from low folic acid
- Reblozyl luspatercept · No generic yet Anemia in beta thalassemia needing regular transfusions; Anemia in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
- Retacrit epoetin alfa-epbx · No generic yet Anemia from chronic kidney disease; Anemia from chemotherapy; Anemia from zidovudine in people with HIV; Reducing blood transfusions in surgery
- Rytelo imetelstat · No generic yet Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) needing blood transfusions
- Siklos hydroxyurea · No generic yet Sickle cell anemia (fewer pain crises and transfusions)
- Vafseo vadadustat · No generic yet Anemia from kidney disease, in people on dialysis
- Voydeya danicopan · No generic yet Red blood cell breakdown (hemolysis) in PNH
- Vykoura leucovorin · No generic yet Anemia from low folic acid (megaloblastic anemia)
- Xromi hydroxyurea · No generic yet Sickle cell anemia (fewer pain crises and transfusions)
From each medicine’s FDA label. Only your prescriber can say which one is right for you, and many are prescribed for other reasons too.