Key Benefits
Grastim 300 mcg Injection 1 ml contains ‘Filgrastim’ is a white blood cell growth factor. It belongs to a group of proteins called cytokines and is very similar to a natural protein (granulocyte-colony stimulating factor) produced by your body. Grastim 300 mcg Injection 1 ml works by stimulating the bone marrow (the tissue where new blood cells are made) to produce more white blood cells that help fight infection. Grastim 300 mcg Injection 1 ml is used to improve white blood cells during cancer treatment (chemotherapy), bone marrow transplantation, severe chronic neutropenia (low number of a type of white blood cells), neutropenia in patients with HIV infection and before stem cell donation.
Directions for Use
Side Effects
- Thrombocytopenia (low platelets level)
- Anaemia (low red blood cell)
- Headache
- Diarrhoea
- Vomiting
- Nausea
- Alopecia (unusual hair loss)
- Tiredness
- Soreness and swelling of the digestive tract
- Fever