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Filgrastim

Blessing O. Aghedo  1 , Vikas Gupta  2
In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan.
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Filgrastim

Blessing O. Aghedo et al.
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Filgrastim is a medication used to manage and treat neutropenia in patients with myelosuppression from chemotherapy or radiation, which increases the risk of infection and related events. This activity outlines the indications, actions, contraindication, adverse effects, and other important details of filgrastim as it pertains to members of the interprofessional team in clinical practice in the management of neutropenia and its clinical sequelae.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: Blessing Aghedo declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Disclosure: Vikas Gupta declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

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