Grastim
Grastim Products are primarily used for
Infections after chemotherapy
About Grastim Products
Uses of Grastim Products
Filgrastim is used to prevent infections after chemotherapy.
Grastim Products side effects
Common
Side Effects of Grastim 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 Grastim 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 Grastim 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 Grastim Products
Frequently asked questions about Grastim Products
Frequently asked questions about Filgrastim
Q. Is Grastim Injection safe?
Grastim Injection is safe if used at prescribed doses for the prescribed duration as advised by your doctor.
Q. How does Grastim Injection work?
Grastim 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 Grastim Injection?
Grastim 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 Grastim Injection cause cancer?
No, Grastim Injection does not cause cancer.
Q. Why does Grastim Injection cause bone pain?
The exact cause in unknown, but bone pain is a common side-effect of Grastim Injection.
Products for Grastim
Grastim Injection
prefilled syringe of 1 ml Injection
MRP
₹1299
Grastim Injection
vial of 1 ml Injection
MRP
₹772.6