What is Tevagrastim?
Tevagrastim is a solution for injection or for infusion (drip into a vein). It contains the active substance filgrastim. Tevagrastim is a ‘biosimilar medicine’.
What type of medication is filgrastim?
Filgrastim is in a class of medications called colony-stimulating factors. It works by helping the body make more neutrophils.
Why is filgrastim given?
Filgrastim injection is used to treat neutropenia (low white blood cells) that is caused by cancer medicines. It is a synthetic (man-made) form of a substance that is naturally produced in your body called a colony stimulating factor. Filgrastim helps the bone marrow to make new white blood cells.
What is Filgrastim used to treat?
Which is the indication for the use of filgrastim in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia?
NEUPOGEN is indicated for reducing the time to neutrophil recovery and the duration of fever, following induction or consolidation chemotherapy treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). ANC = absolute neutrophil count.
What condition does filgrastim treat?
What is filgrastim used to treat?
What is tevagrastim used for?
Tevagrastim is a solution for injection or for infusion (drip into a vein). It contains the active substance filgrastim. Tevagrastim is a ‘biosimilar’ medicine.
What is the difference between tevagrastim and Neupogen?
Tevagrastim was studied to show that it is comparable to the reference medicine, Neupogen. Tevagrastim was compared to Neupogen and to placebo (a dummy treatment) in one main study involving 348 patients with breast cancer. The study looked at the duration of severe neutropenia during the patients’ first cycle of cytotoxic chemotherapy.
How much tevagrastim should I take for neutropenia?
Long-term treatment with Tevagrastim is required for neutropenia. The usual starting dose is between 0.1 and 0.4 million international units (MIU) per kilogram bodyweight each day. Your doctor will test your blood at regular intervals to see how well the treatment is working.
How is targettevagrastim given?
Tevagrastim is given by injection under the skin or infusion into a vein. How it is given, the dose and the duration of treatment depend on why it is being used, the patient’s body weight and the response to treatment.