Filfer
Filfer Products are primarily used for
Infections after chemotherapy
About Filfer Products
Uses of Filfer Products
Filgrastim is used to prevent infections after chemotherapy.
Filfer Products side effects
Common
Side Effects of Filfer 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 Filfer 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.
Patient Concerns about Filfer Products
Frequently asked questions about Filfer Products
Frequently asked questions about Filgrastim
Q. Is Filfer Injection safe?
Filfer Injection is safe if used at prescribed doses for the prescribed duration as advised by your doctor.
Q. How does Filfer Injection work?
Filfer 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 Filfer Injection?
Filfer 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 Filfer Injection cause cancer?
No, Filfer Injection does not cause cancer.
Q. Why does Filfer Injection cause bone pain?
The exact cause in unknown, but bone pain is a common side-effect of Filfer Injection.
Products for Filfer
MRP
₹2392