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When certain drugs ( antibiotics etc..) incidentally lower wbc do the cells die in blood stream or aren't being reduced in bm ?
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Can be both...: Medications can either suppress the bone marrow's ability to produce new white blood cells, or sometimes, medications can actually increase the destruction of already formed white blood cells.
Answered 9/28/2016
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