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Item Effect of wheat grass therapy on transfusion requirement in beta-thalassemia major.(2009-04-27) Choudhary, Dharma R; Naithani, Rahul; Panigrahi, Inusha; Kumar, Rajat; Mahapatra, Manoranjan; Pati, Hara Prasad; Saxena, Renu; Choudhry, Ved POBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of wheat grass juice on transfusion requirement in patients with beta thalassemia major. METHODS: Fifty-three patients of thalassemia major with a median age of 16 years were given wheat grass juice tablets. RESULTS: The Mean pre and post wheat grass therapy, the pack cell requirement was 288.06 +/- 53.25 gm/Kg/year and 301.25 +/- 54.86 gm/Kg/year (p =0.054) respectively. No adverse effects were noted. CONCLUSION: We conclude that wheat grass therapy for one year is not effective in reducing the transfusion requirement in transfusion dependent thalassemia.