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(also known as Filgrastim)
Filgrastim, pegfilgrastim, and sargramostim are synthetic (man-made) versions of substances naturally produced in your body. These substances, called colony stimulating factors, help the bone marrow to make new white blood cells.
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Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Acute Myelogenous Leuke... | 15 |
80% |
| Hepatitis C | 5 |
80% |
| Acute Lymphocytic Leuke... | 4 |
100% |
| Chronic Lymphocytic Leu... | 3 |
100% |
| Chronic Myelogenous Leu... | 2 |
100% |
Overall, 89% (35
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Neupogen Reviews
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This is what was used when I was preparing for the harvesting of stem cells. You injected yourself in the stomach to help produce the white cells.
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Took this for 10 days after every treatment. Worked good, I knew once I was done with the shots each month, I could be back to normal for a little while
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Severe bone pain
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was fairly easy ask that its room temp and that they give you the shot soooo very slowly...for some reason its painful if given fast or if its cold they should know this. Just burns more than a TB shot but its tolerable.
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White blood cell count came up after the shot. Side effects: pain at injection site, sweats for the next 12 + hours.
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300 mcg/1.0 mL
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Neupogen to me gave Drew the few weeks that we had left together to be productive.
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Too soon to tell.
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Extreme Bone Pain for one day followed by jump in white counts
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a little achy that night after the weekly injection.
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Discussions
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Sunnygal - Your doc is right. Low WBC's, RBC's and platelets are all different, and treated differently. There is a drug called Epogen for low RBC's ... [More] -
Do you know about "Filgrastim" (Neupogen)
Neupogen has been around for as long as I can remember - mid-1990's at least. It's given fairly routinely to women with breast & ovarian cancers, ... [More] -
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My white count was down on #4 a few weeks ago not low enough to delay treatment but I was given a shot of Pegfilgrastim on the day my pump was removed... [More] -
Do you know about "Filgrastim" (Neupogen)
It's a stimulator of bone marrow to produce WBC. Injected subcutaneously. Side effect are rare. That's what I heard, never got it myself. [More] -
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They want to start me on Filgrastim the day after tomorrow (after chemo # 5, yea) It's because my blood counts are almost always down. I get pushed... [More]
