Granfill
Granfill Products are primarily used for
Infections after chemotherapy
About Granfill Products
Uses of Granfill Products
Filgrastim is used to prevent infections after chemotherapy.
Granfill Products side effects
Common
Side Effects of Granfill are Headache, Hair loss, Diarrhea, Joint pain, Injection site pain, Back pain, Muscle pain, Fever, Skeletal pain, Limb pain, Musculoskeletal (bone, muscle or joint) pain, Neck pain.
Severe
Side Effects of Granfill are Erythema (skin redness), Enlarged spleen, Splenic rupture, Acute respiratory distress syndrome, Hypersensitivity, Sickle cell crisis, Flushing (sense of warmth in the face, ears, neck and trunk), Sweet's syndrome, Capillary leak syndrome, Glomerulonephritis.
How Granfill Products work
Filgrastim is a growth factor that stimulates the bone marrow to produce white blood cells. These cells protect the body against infections.
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Patient Concerns about Granfill Products
Frequently asked questions about Granfill Products
Frequently asked questions about Filgrastim
Q. Is Granfill 300mcg Injection safe?
Granfill 300mcg Injection is safe if used at prescribed doses for the prescribed duration as advised by your doctor.
Q. How does Granfill 300mcg Injection work?
Granfill 300mcg Injection works by stimulating the bone marrow (organ in the body where blood cells are produced) to increase the production of specific types of blood cells called neutrophils that help fight infections.
Q. What are the uses of Granfill 300mcg Injection?
Granfill 300mcg Injection is used during cancer treatment (chemotherapy), bone marrow transplantation, severe chronic neutropenia (low number of a type of white blood cells called neutrophils), neutropenia in patients with HIV infection, and before stem cell donation.
Q. Does Granfill 300mcg Injection cause cancer?
No, Granfill 300mcg Injection does not cause cancer.
Q. Why does Granfill 300mcg Injection cause bone pain?
The exact cause in unknown, but bone pain is a common side-effect of Granfill 300mcg Injection.