Neupogen
Neupogen 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. Neupogen is used to treat neutropenia, a lack of certain white blood cells caused by cancer, bone marrow transplant, receiving...
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Neupogen
Neupogen is used for: Decreasing the risk of infection in cancer patients who are receiving chemotherapy or a bone marrow transplant. It is also used to decrease the risk of infection in patients with weakened immune systems due to other causes.
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Neupogen

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Neupogen
Filgrastim is a human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)‚ produced by recombinant DNA technology. NEUPOGEN® is the Amgen Inc. trademark for Filgrastim‚ which has been selected as the name for recombinant methionyl human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor...
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AIDS
...are being investigated. In addition, growth factors that stimulate cell growth, such as erthythropoetin (Epogen) and filgrastim (G-CSF or Neupogen) are sometimes used to treat anemia and low white blood cell counts associated with AIDS. Medications are also used to prevent opportunistic infections...
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See also: Aplastic Anemia, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Neutropenia, Neutropenia Associated with AIDS or Zidovudine, Neutropenia Associated with Chemotherapy, Peripheral Progenitor Cell Transplantation, Sepsis

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