filgrastim and lyme

my stats seem to go up and down so I only have to take it now every 2 wks. It is unknown whether filgrastim (Neupogen) increases or decreasses an individual's risk of developing cancer. Based on limited long-term data from healthy people ( if a person is healthy why would they need neupogen in the first place ) who have received filgrastim, no long-term risks have been found so far. good luck to you....hope this helped!

Do you mean filgrastim? And are you saying Dengue fever? It would be a surprising though perhaps not impossible use of filgrastim. Dengue is usually treated by pain managers and sometimes hospitalization and a blood transfusion. Anyway, if you have a legitimate prescription from a doctor, you should be able to fill it in the United States.

For this reason, patients are prescribed antibiotics and even receive injections to increase white blood counts (such as filgrastim or lenograstim). If this 0.4 value really pertains to your white counts, then I believe this is really low and what you are experiencing is a condition called 'febrile neutropenia'. I would suggest you ask your doctor about filgrastim or lenograstim injections aside from the Levaquin. Regards.

Hey everyone, Its sally. I went to dr. yesterday and hade the PCR test done. My white blood count is now really low. Dr said to come back in 2 weeks and if blood work shows the count is not improving we will have to re-evaluate my dosage. Also they will call me on the results of the PCR test. Friday will be my 5th shot. Suddenly I'm so tired and scared. Another dr has me on Xanex and this is seeming to help.

Taken 21 injections of Pegasys 180 mcg till date. i am having very wide fluctuations in WBC and ANC. The range is between 6500 and 1400 for WBC and 4700 and 260 for ANC. Doctors unable to give any explanation for such wide variations on a dose to dose basis. Till date, I have also taken 5 doses of Filgrastim - the WBC Stimulator. Can you pleae advice possible reasons for such wide fluctuations.

Neulasta® (pegfilgrastim) or NEUPOGEN® (Filgrastim) may reduce your chance of getting an infection, but it does not prevent all infections. An infection can happen anytime your neutrophil counts are low. Look for signs of infection, such as fever, chills, rash, sore throat, diarrhea, or redness, swelling, or pain around a cut or sore. If you have any of these signs, contact your health care professional immediately. http://www.neulasta.com/starting-chemo-with-neulasta/about-neulasta-neupogen.

Perhaps contacting your primary care doctor is not a bad idea? Or is your PCP & internist the same person? In my case I am not sure if Neupogen is the proximate cause of the pain I feel as of late. I feel worse since I started Neupogen however I cannot help but wonder if I somehow inadvertently contributed to the matter. I do a lot of heavy work out doors and I have to admit it has felt incredibly laborious and overwhelming as of late; yet I try to persevere with the same intensity.

The long road you have travelled is unfortunately not uncommon, and if I were in your shoes, I would pursue the possibility of Lyme and other infections (aka co-infections) that are carried by the same ticks as Lyme: at worst, you will decide you don't have Lyme; at best, you may find relief.

Better post this on the Lyme forum. I am not a doctor, but I have Lyme disease, and those were some of my symptoms and still are. It doesn't have to be Lyme, but I know the symptoms are similar. Any tick bites? Where do you live (not that it matters much). I tested negative for Lyme by three conventional labs. I had to have my bloodwork sent to a specialty lab and I was clearly positive - after 3 years of searching for a diagnosis. Come on over to the Lyme forum if you like!

Newbie here and wanting to find out some answers. Here are my symptoms for the most part...going to the nuro doc the 13th to confirm i have Lymes Disease. He thinks maybe i do. confusion, brain swelling (left ventrical), extreme fatigue, fibro and chronic fatigue syndrome was diagnosed, SED rate of 25, negative results on my nuclear brain scan (free of tumors and blockages), low grade fevers, lyme ab igm .

t get better when the infection cleared my PCP did a lyme test. The ANA game back positive and ELISA positive for lyme. Started doxycycline last Monday for 28 days. Then the nurse called and said my Western Blot was negative but to keep going with the antibiotics anyway. I called the rheumatologist on July 2nd and he couldnt see me but did review my labs and said if I didn't feel better to go by this week and see him. Can having Lupus cause false positives on the lyme tests?

Hi, With modern medical advances, especially effective anti-emetics, and growth factors (filgrastim), chemotherapy has become safer and more tolerable over the last decade or so. Hair loss will be your major side effect, and some intermittent illnesses may also be expected during the course of chemotherapy. But your overall long-term benefit will be much more than these temporary effects. All the Best!

But if you have Lyme specific antibodies, you could indeed have neuro Lyme. If you have Lyme, MS medications will make you worse and will make Lyme more difficult to treat. Best of luck!

s experience, however, that the standard tests are not terribly accurate when one has been infected as long as I had been (a year or more), but getting a positive test caused me to find a Lyme specialist who diagnosed me with Lyme and babesiosis and treated me with appropriate antibiotics for something just over a year. I am now well and have been for several years. So-called 'mainstream' MDs will scoff at the likelihood of Lyme, saying it is rare, but that is so wrong.

My Lyme mimicked MS, although I didn't meet the diagnostic criteria. I had a lot of overlap of symptoms and even had about 20 of those little brain lesions. The radiologist didn't even bother to count them, instead, saying I had "numerous" lesions. (Guess they like that word.) Many good LLMDs have commented that when they see a lot of neuro symptoms, look for Bartonella. Sure enough, I also have Bartonella.

ve also been told at conferences and via gossip and news articles with quotes from health officials that there are patients who THINK they have Lyme who can be very insistent and very difficult, and the doctors willing to give them a diagnosis without a positive lab test and give them long term antibiotics are dangerous quacks. In recently exposed emails, the CDC and IDSA called us "Lyme loonies." This contempt is most apparent in Infectious Disease doctors.

Ditto what Rico said. I am IgeneX positive for Lyme and Bart's and have brain lesions and was negative on the LP. I became very ill taking steroids when misdiagnosed with MS.

but always keep in the back of your mind the earlier experiences you have already had, and know that Lyme is a tricky and developing area of medicine, and even 'Lyme specialists' overlook things or don't line up all the dominoes the way another MD might. Become a file clerk of all your husband's medical tests. Be a bit obsessive about it, because your repository of records will be the only one all in one place.

I have had two operations and had a terrible worsening of lyme symptoms after one of them which lasted years. I won't share details as it was everyone's worst GA nightmare and nobody'd ever have an operation again if it happened to them. After the other one I was horribly ill and had respiratory crises but I could feel the effects were not as bad as the first. It was a far longer operation (4 hours vs 30 mins) but I believe the stuff they used was more modern.

, the primary ‘rescue’ meds are (generic) epoetin alpha (brand names Epogen, Procrit, Aransp), and filgrastim (generic) (brand name Neupogen). We do have a platelet booster here that has been approved for cancer treatment; it is generically known as oprelvekin (brand name Neumega), but its use has not been FDA approved for HCV treatment to my knowledge; it tends to worsen hemolytic anemia, although we have had a few patients in forum that have tried it.

I just got my first report on my blood counts and my white blood cell count is low, 2.6. Is it o.k. to scoop kitty litter?

I received some hormone test results that were abnormal today and wondered if there is a link between them and Lyme Disease? My SHBG were highly abnormal (not sure if high or low yet, waiting for Dr appointment) and my progesterone is nearly non-existent. Any ideas please?

Oh,, and treating Lyme and MS doesn't have to be mutually exclusive. Best wishes.

is there anyway Lyme Disease and HIV can be confused by a blood test? If I do have HIV and don't 100% know yet and got a positive test for Lyme Disease can this result in a fald positive for the Lyme and a positive for the HIV test? I have had recent possible exposure and possible exposure before that...had swollen glands, tonsillitious, achyness and stiff neck. No rash no fever no loss of appitite. could this be ARS instead of Lyme?

Hi, I have lyme and bartonella and was given a steroid for 7 days (prednisone) a few weeks after being infected (I didn't know I had lyme then). This caused the bacteria to spread and cause my eye symptoms. Will I ever be able to put this in remission since I took steroids for a week? I know it lowered my immune system's response, and now I'm scared I won't be able to recover. I've been treating for 6 months with rifampin and Cefdinir, herbals, vitamins and a diet change.

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