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.
LAD -area 101.14 sq mm -score 111.25, LCX -area 92.82 sq mm, -score 299.02. RCA area 103.62 sq mm, -score 345.39. Total coronaries area 297.58 sq mm, -score 955.66.
the impression of the above report read as "there was a significant plaque burden detected. this score is associated with a high probability of occlusive CAD and an increased risk of cardiovascular events. Patient is advised to aggressively engage in risk factor modification. Clinical followup recommended".
Filgrastim is also prescribed as pegfilgrastim (called Neulasta). My doctor used the 500 neutrophill count as a cut-off, so every time I got down around 500 I used Neulasta. The interferon drops neutrophils and platelets. Some people can do okay with low neutrophils but just as many end up with kidney and sinus infections, etc., that make you even more miserable.
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.
My doc keeps saying it's normal but I live at 7,600 sq ft.
I am a RN and I was giving a patient a SQ insulin shot in the back of her arm, she went to get up as i was finished and the needle went into my left thumb. My heart sank and so did my life. I knew she was HIV+ so i was freaking out right away. As soon as it happened i bled the site and washed it with soap and alcohol. I started PEP 2 hrs later (truvada, norvir, raltegravir, and preszita), my initial results are negative.
They gave her a SQ injection of fluids before we took her home. Blood work was done yesterday morning and the results that evening hit me like a ton of bricks.
Her BUN registered at 210 and her creatinine was at 31. She also had elevated phosphorous levels(I don't remember the number) and was slightly anemic.
Today we took her to the vet to have an IV push of fluid.
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.
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!
As instructed I waited 6 hours after the treatment and then washed it off. over the next few days it not only blistered but has spread from covering a 1 sq inch area to almost a 3 sq inch area on both butt cheeks and has also spread into the vaginal area. I go back to the dermatologist in 2 weeks but I think he too is stumped and had said the next step would be to try and freeze it off, which will be very painfull. Any suggestions as to maybe something he is not thinking of would help.
You can discuss ‘Neupogen (filgrastim) with the doc; this is a GCSF drug that stimulates bone marrow production of white cells. It is generally initiated when absolute neutrofils reach .500 or that vicinity; some docs allow closer to .350, depending on occupation and other matters.
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