Pegfilgrastim is a PEGylated form of the recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor analog, filgrastim. Like GCSF, the pegylated form serves to stimulate the level of white blood cells (neutrophils).Amgen manufactures pegfilgrastim under the brand name Neulasta, and Hoffman...
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Positive Experiences with Neutropenia
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Neulasta29,003 posts
An average number of patient posts reported that Neulasta helped them when used for Neutropenia
Neupogen
Fewer patient posts reported that Neupogen helped them when used for Neutropenia (2% lower than average of other Neutropenia treatments)
Leukine
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Pegfilgrastim
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Filgrastim
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Sargramostim
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Ethyol
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Neulasta Top Concerns
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...got the neulasta..but her lab numbers were ...going to do the last neulasta..... her weak legs and twitches ...so it wasn't the Neulasta.
She d...
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I take claritin every day for allergies and have never had a headache from neulasta. Some mild bone pain for...
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...which helps, but I'm also taking Aleve, which I've found works better for me than Tylenol for the bone pa...
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I take Claritin 24 hour for the bone pain from the Neulasta shot. I take one pill the day of the shot and then for 3-4 days afterwards. I know it works for me because after my...
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...for the next round. I am on Folfox too with the take home pump. I also get Neulasta for my low WBC ...took some pain meds for the bone pain...that did not help the constipation....
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I had Neulasta shots 24 hours after each ...I still had two delays during the chemo treatments. Neulasta did cause a lot of bone pain. The pain ...bearable. I also take vitamin B6 for neurapat...
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...21. Every treatment was painful and they got progressively worse. I take vicoden for the pain. I was surprised at ...get alot of bone pain from the taxotere and from the neulasta to bring my ...
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...Wednesday with Neulasta shot on Thursday. By ...the weekend away. I took Tylenol with my Arthritis meds and the bone pain was bearable. By...
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...until \"safe?\"
My treatment was 5 days ago and I took a Claritin that night. The next day (4 days ago) I gave myself a Neulasta shot. I've ...from the really bad bone pain...
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I am on Claritin all the time for allergies. I had no problem ...for 4 treatments with Neulasta. It was when I ...dd last treatment, also with Neulasta, that the wbc we...
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