Epogen Alternatives Compared
| Epogen (epoetin alfa) | Epoetin alfa | Multivitamin with iron |
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| Epogen (epoetin alfa) | Epoetin alfa | Multivitamin with iron |
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Prescription only
Prescribed for Anemia Due to Chronic Kidney Disease, Anemia, Anemia - Chemotherapy Induced, Anemia - Drug Induced, Anemia Prior to Surgery. Epogen may also be used for purposes not listed in this... View more |
Prescription only
Prescribed for Anemia Due to Chronic Kidney Disease, Anemia, Anemia - Chemotherapy Induced, Anemia - Drug Induced, Anemia Prior to Surgery. Epoetin alfa may also be used for purposes not listed in... View more |
Prescription and OTC
Prescribed for Anemia, Vitamin/Mineral Supplementation and Deficiency. Multivitamin with iron may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide. |
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| More about Epogen (epoetin alfa) | More about Epoetin alfa | More about Multivitamin with iron | ||||||||
| Ratings & Reviews | ||||||||||
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Epogen has an average rating of 8.5 out of 10 from a total of 2 ratings on Drugs.com. 100% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 0% reported a negative effect. |
Epoetin alfa has an average rating of 5.0 out of 10 from a total of 9 ratings on Drugs.com. 44% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 44% reported a negative effect. |
Multivitamin with iron has an average rating of 8.0 out of 10 from a total of 29 ratings on Drugs.com. 76% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 17% reported a negative effect. |
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| Side Effects Experienced by Users Side effects are reported in Drugs.com user reviews and not clinically verified. | ||||||||||
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View all Epogen side effects |
View all Epoetin alfa side effects |
View all Multivitamin with iron side effects |
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We could not find an exact match for this medicine. Try searching the Price Guide directly. |
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| Other epoetin alfa brands include: Procrit, Retacrit | Epogen, Procrit, Retacrit | Abatron AF, Actiron, Active Fe, Allbee-C 800 with Iron, Anemagen, Anemagen FA, Anemagen Forte, Apetimar with Iron, Baby Iron+Immunity, BiferaRx, Bugs Bunny with Iron Chewable, Celebrate Iron + C, Centrum Jr, Centrum Kids, Cerovite Junior, Chewable-Vite with Iron, Chromagen, Chromagen FA, Chromatinic, Conison, Contrin, Corvite Fe, Daily-Vite with Iron, Dayalets Plus Iron, Dialyvite, Diatx Fe, EnLyte, Equi-Roca Plus, Equicyte Plus, FE C Tab Plus, Fe-Tinic 150 Forte, Femiron Multi with Iron, Feocyte, Feogen, Feonyx, Ferbee, FeRiva, FeRiva 21/7, FeRivaFA, Fero-Folic 500, Ferocon, Ferotrin, Ferotrinsic, Ferragen, Ferralet 90, Ferraplus, Ferrex 150 Forte, Ferrex 150 Forte Plus, Ferrex 28, Ferroflex-150 Forte, Ferrogels Forte, FerroVite, FerroVite FA, FerroVite Forte, Fetrin, Flintstones Complete, Flintstones with Iron Chewable, Focalgin DSS, FoliTab 500, Folivan-F, Folivan-Plus, Foltrin, Fruity Chews with Iron, Fumatinic, Fusion Plus, Fusion Sprinkles with Probiotic, Garfield Vitamin with Iron, Generet-500 with Folic Acid, Gentle Iron, Geravim, Geri-Tabs, Geriaton, Geritol, Good Sense Children's Vitamins with Iron, Hematogen, Hematogen FA, Hematogen Forte, Hemocyte-F Elixir, Icar-C Plus, Icar-C Plus SR, Iferex 150 Forte, Integra, Integra F, Integra Plus, Intrinsitinic, Iro-Plex, Iromin G, Iron 100 Plus, Iron Folate Plus, Iron Folate-F, Iron-150, Irospan 24/6, Lydia Pinkham, Martinic, Maxaron Forte, MaxFE Drops, Multigen, Multigen Folic, Multigen Plus, MyKidz Iron, Nephron-FA, Niva-Plus, NovaFerrum, Nufera, One Tab Daily with Iron, Poly Iron 150 Forte, Poly Iron Forte, Poly-Vi-Sol with Iron Drops, Promar, SSS Tonic, Stress Formula with Iron, Stresstabs with Iron, Tab-A-Vite with Iron, Taron Forte, Therems H, Thrivite 19, TL-HEM 150, Tricon, Triferex 150 Forte, Trigels F, Trimagen FA, UpSpring Baby Iron, Vimar with Iron View more | ||||||||
| Half Life Drug half-life is the time required for plasma concentration to reduce to half its original value. | ||||||||||
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19 hours |
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| CSA Schedule 1 View glossary of CSA terms | ||||||||||
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Not a controlled drug
Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act. |
Not a controlled drug
Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act. |
Not a controlled drug
Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act. |
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Category C
Risk cannot be ruled out
See the full pregnancy warnings document. |
Category C
Risk cannot be ruled out
See the full pregnancy warnings document. |
Category C
Risk cannot be ruled out
See the full pregnancy warnings document. |
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| Drug Interactions | ||||||||||
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A total of 21 drugs are known to interact with Epogen:
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A total of 21 drugs are known to interact with Epoetin alfa:
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A total of 100 drugs are known to interact with Multivitamin with iron:
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No known alcohol/food interactions. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider. |
No known alcohol/food interactions. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider. |
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No known disease interactions. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider. |
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