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Prescribed Medications
| 1. | filgrastim(Neupogen ) | ||
| 2. | pegfilgrastim(Neulasta ) | ||
| 3. | sargramostim(Leukine ) | ||
| 4. | lymphocyte immune globulin-anti-thymocyte(Atgam , Thymoglobulin) | ||
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Patients with fever and other signs of infection are treated for seven to 10 days with antibiotics. Nutritional deficiencies are corrected by green vegetables to supply folic acid, and by vitamin B supplements.Medications known to cause neutropeni...
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FILGRASTIM, G-CSF (fil GRA stim) stimulates the formation of white blood cells. This medicine is given to patients with conditions that may cause a decrease in white blood cells, like those receiving certain types of chemotherapy or bone marrow transplant. It helps the bone marrow recover its ability to produce white blood cells. Increasing the amount of white blood cells helps to decrease the risk of infection and fever.
This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
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Biosynthetic hematopoietic agent that principally affects the proliferation and differentiation of neutrophils within the bone marrow and possibly other sites (e.g., spleen). Exerts same pharmacologic effects as endogenous granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF).
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Filgrastim is a medicine used to increase the white blood cell count in the body, which will help prevent infection. Filgrastim is known by the brand name Neupogen.Filgrastim is a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) to increase ...
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PEGFILGRASTIM (peg fil GRA stim) helps the body make more white blood cells. It is used to prevent infection in people with low amounts of white blood cells following cancer treatment.
This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
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Biosynthetic hematopoietic agent that principally affects the proliferation and differentiation of neutrophils within the bone marrow; a covalent conjugate of filgrastim (a human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor [G-CSF]) and monomethoxypolyethylene glycol (PEG).
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SARGRAMOSTIM, GM-CSF (sar GRAM oh stim) helps the body make more blood cells. It is used to increase the number of blood cells after chemotherapy or with a blood or bone marrow transplant.
This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
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Biosynthetic hematopoietic agent that affects the proliferation and differentiation of a variety of hematopoietic progenitor cells; a yeast-derived ( Saccharomyces cerevisiae ) recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rHuGM-CSF).
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Sargramostim is a medicine used to increase the blood cell counts after bone marrow transplants and chemotherapy. Sargramostim may be referred to as GM-CSF or granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor.Sargramostim is a drug approved by the ...
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Antithymocyte globulin (rabbit) (ATG [rabbit]); rabbit-derived polyclonal antibody preparation; immunosuppressive agent.
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ANTI-THYMOCYTE IMMUNE GLOBULIN (an tee THI mo cite im MUNE GLOB yoo lin) weakens the body's immune system. This medicine is used to treat kidney transplant rejection.
This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
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ANTI-THYMOCYTE IMMUNE GLOBULIN (an tee THI mo cite im MUNE GLOB yoo lin) weakens the body's immune system. This medicine is used to prevent and to treat kidney transplant rejection. It is also used to treat aplastic anemia.
This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
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