ABSTRACT
After completing this chapter, the reader should be able to:
define anaemia and identify the principal causes;
describe the underlying pathophysiology associated with each form of anaemia responding to drug therapy;
identify the various supplements used in nutritional anaemias, considerations relating to their administration and any common adverse effects;
state the mechanism of action and the adverse reactions of the agents used in the treatments of anaemia associated with chronic renal failure and aplastic anaemia.
