Getfil 300

Getfil 300 contains Filgrastim: what it is

Filgrastim is a protein medicine that tells the bone marrow to make more neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that fights infection. It is often used during chemotherapy, when white cell counts can drop, and also to help collect stem cells from the blood for transplant. The care team checks blood counts while it is being used.

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)

What doctors prescribe it for

• Lowering the risk of infection with fever (febrile neutropenia) during chemotherapy for non-myeloid cancers
• Shortening the time of low white cell counts after chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
• Shortening low white cell counts in people with non-myeloid cancers getting high-dose chemotherapy followed by bone marrow transplant
• Collecting a patient's own stem cells from the blood for transplant (stem cell mobilization)
• Severe chronic neutropenia (inborn, cyclic or unexplained long-term very low neutrophils) with symptoms

How it is given

Injection under the skin, or infusion into a vein in a hospital or clinic

Storage

Keep refrigerated at 2-8 C in the original carton to protect from light; do not freeze or shake

Filgrastim is the active ingredient of Neupogen.

These uses come from the medicine's official prescribing information; the uses approved in the Philippines may differ. This is general information, not medical advice. Your doctor decides.