(PEG fil GRAS tim) Brand: Neulasta
• Follow all directions on your medication label and package. Speak every of your healthcare providers about all your medical conditions, allergies, and all medicines you use.
• Pegfilgrastim is a man-made form of a protein that stimulates the growth of white blood cells in your body. White blood cells help your body fight against infection.
• Pegfilgrastim is used to prevent neutropenia, a lack of determined white blood cells caused by receiving chemotherapy.
• Pegfilgrastim may also be used for purposes not listed in this medicine guide.
• You must not use this medicine if you are allergic to pegfilgrastim or filgrastim (Neupogen).
• To create certain you can safely use pegfilgrastim, speak your doctor if you have any of these another conditions:
· sickle cell disorder;
· chronic myeloid leukemia;
· myelodysplasia (also called "preleukemia"); or
· if you are allergic to latex.
• FDA pregnancy category C. It is not known whether pegfilgrastim will harm an unborn child. Speak your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant while using this medication.
• If you are pregnant, your name may be listed on a pregnancy registry. This is to track the outcome of the pregnancy and to estimate any effects of pegfilgrastim on the baby.
• It is not known whether pegfilgrastim passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing child. Speak your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
• Pegfilgrastim is injected under the skin. You may be shown how to use injections at house. Do not self-inject this medication if you do not fully understand how to give the injection and properly dispose of used needles and syringes.
• This medicine comes with patient instructions for safety and effective use. Follow these directions carefully. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions.
• Pegfilgrastim is generally given once for chemotherapy cycle. This medicine must not be given within 14 days till or 24 hours after you receive chemotherapy.
• Do not shake the medicine bottle or you may ruin the medication. Prepare your doze only when you are ready to give an injection. Do not use if the medication has changed colors or has particles in it. Call your pharmacist for new medicine.
• Every prefilled syringe is for one use only. Throw away after one use, even if there is still some medication left in it after injecting your dose.
• Throw away used needles in a puncture-proof container (ask your pharmacist where you can get one and how to dispose of it). Hold this container out of the reach of children and pets.
• You may need frequent medical trials to help your doctor determine how long to treat you with pegfilgrastim.
• Store this medicine in the refrigerator, do not freeze. Protect from easy and do not shake. Take the medication out and let it to reach room temperature for 30 minutes till injecting your dose.
• Throw away any unused syringes after the expiration date on the label has passed.
• Call your doctor for instructions if you miss a doze of pegfilgrastim.
• Search abnormal medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222.
• Follow your doctor's instructions about any restrictions on food, beverages, or activity.
• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Stop using pegfilgrastim and call your doctor at once if you have:
· sudden or severe pain in your left upper stomach spreading up to your shoulder;
· severe dizziness, skin rash, or flushing (warmth, redness, or tingly feeling);
· rapid breathing or feeling short of breath; or
· signs of infection such as fever, chills, sore throat, flu symptoms, light bruising or bleeding (nosebleeds, bleeding gums), loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, mouth sores, unusual weakness.
• General side effects may include:
· bone pain;
· pain in your arms or legs; or
· bruising, swelling, pain, redness, or a heavy lump where the injection was given.
• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
• Another drugs may interact with pegfilgrastim, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal commodity. Speak every of your health care providers about all medicines you use now and any medication you start or stop using.
• Your doctor or pharmacist can provide more information about pegfilgrastim.
Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.
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