Drug details
Neupogen (filgrastim injection)
type of Hematopoietic Growth Factors
Neupogen (filgrastim) is a man-made form of a protein that stimulates the growth of white blood cells in your body used to treat neutropenia, a lack of certain white blood cells caused by cancer, bone marrow transplant, receiving chemotherapy, or by other conditions.
This drug may have the following side effects:
- nausea,
- loss of appetite,
- vomiting,
- fever,
- pale skin,
- lightheadedness,
- shortness of breath,
- cold hands and feet,
- chills,
- rapid breathing,
- tiredness,
- stomach pain,
- back pain,
- unusual tiredness,
- sore throat,
- flu symptoms,
- little or no urination,
- trouble breathing,
- sudden dizziness,
- blood in your urine,
- unusual weakness
- feeling full,
- pain while breathing,
- swelling or puffiness,
- swelling in your face or ankles,
- easy bruising or bleeding (nosebleeds, bleeding gums),
- mouth sores, and
The following drugs are related to Neupogen, either as a replacement or used together:
- Alecensa (alectinib capsules)
- Victrelis (boceprevir capsules)
- Releuko (filgrastim-ayow injection)
- Zarxio (filgrastim-sndz injection)
- Harvoni (ledipasvir and sofosbuvir tablets)
- Incivek (telaprevir film-coated tablets)
- Infergen (interferon alfacon-1)
- Olysio (simeprevir hard gelatin capsules)
- Technivie (ombitasvir, paritaprevir and ritonavir tablets)
- Viekira Pak (ombitasvir, paritaprevir, and ritonavir tablets; dasabuvir tablets)
- Rebetol (ribavirin)
- Sovaldi (sofosbuvir tablets)
- Yondelis (trabectedin for injection)
The following supplements are related to Neupogen, and may be used together with the drug:
- Melatonin (s.)
- Adenosine (s.)
- Coriolus Mushroom (s.)
- Lactoferrin (s.)
- Phosphatidylcholine (s.)