First-line therapy for thrombocytopenia and hemolytic anemia includes moderate - or high-dose corticosteroids (typically prednisone, 1 mg / kg orally once a day, maximum 80 mg a day) along with an immunosuppressant (azathioprine 2 mg / kg orally once a day or mycophenolate mofetil 1 g orally every 12 hours).